Research updates
New brain tumor research and news, in plain language. The marks on each item show how far along the evidence is. More marks mean it has been tested more.
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How special brain scans may help tell treatment effects apart from tumor growth
Experts looked at how a type of scan called PET may help doctors tell if a glioma is truly growing.
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How treatments for brain lymphoma can affect thinking and memory
Experts looked at how today's treatments for a brain cancer called CNS lymphoma can affect thinking over time.
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A Review of Immune Cell Engager Drugs for Brain Tumors
Scientists looked at a new kind of drug that may help the immune system fight brain tumors.
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A review of studies on putting radiation seeds in the brain after tumor surgery
Researchers looked at past studies of tiny radiation seeds placed where a brain tumor was removed.
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A review of tiny particles that may help carry drugs to brain tumors
Experts looked at how very tiny particles might help medicine reach brain tumors, and found most of this work is still early.
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What research says so far about special diets for glioblastoma
Researchers looked at many studies of two special diets for brain tumors, and they found no proof yet that the diets help people live longer.
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How well nose surgery works when a pituitary tumor comes back or was not fully removed
Doctors looked back at 152 people who had a second surgery through the nose for a pituitary tumor.
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Proton radiation for a slow-growing brain tumor in adults
Doctors at one hospital looked back at 14 adults who got proton radiation for a slow-growing brain tumor, and most did well.
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Giving radiation again to brain tumors that came back after past radiation
Doctors checked how safe and helpful a second round of focused radiation was for brain tumors that grew back.
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A Close Look at a Small Brain Structure Near the Ear Nerve
Scientists looked closely at a tiny brain structure to help surgeons find their way during surgery.
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How Comfort Care Can Help People With Brain Cancer
Care teams can help with symptoms, hard choices, and family stress from the start, not just at the end.
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Sound waves plus standard treatment tested for safety in glioblastoma
A small early study found that adding a sound wave treatment to standard care for glioblastoma seemed safe.
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A guide for care teams who use radiation seeds to treat brain tumors
Experts wrote a guide to help care teams place small radiation seeds in the brain safely.
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One woman with uterine cancer that spread to the brain did well on combined treatment
This report tells the story of one woman whose uterine cancer spread to her brain and was kept under control for 14 months.
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Radiation Helped Ease Symptoms for One Woman With a Rare Nose Cancer
Doctors describe one woman with a rare, fast-growing cancer whose pain and sight got better for a while with radiation and other treatments.
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Cancer that spreads to the spinal cord area: what a study of 69 patients found
Some cancers that spread to the brain can also reach the area around the spinal cord, and many carry gene changes that some drugs can target.
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Mixing several MRI scans to tell tumor regrowth from treatment effects
Doctors tested whether combining MRI scan types can tell regrowth from treatment change.
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People with brain glioma cope in three different ways
A survey found that coping strength is not the same for everyone with a brain glioma.
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Drugs that block cancer growth signals have not yet helped people live longer
A large review found these drugs do not clearly help people with glioblastoma live longer.
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Brain Tumors May Affect Movement Signals on Both Sides
A brain tumor may weaken movement signals on the healthy side of the brain too.