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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A brainstem tumor shrank more than a year after treatment
One man's tumor did not shrink right away, but it did shrink much later.
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A computer tool sorted real tumor growth from treatment changes on MRI
A computer tool read brain MRI scans and usually told real tumor growth apart from changes caused by treatment.
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A review of immune treatments for new glioblastoma
Immune treatments were safe enough to give, but they did not help people live longer.
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Surgery removed a rare spinal cord tumor, and the patient recovered
Doctors fully removed a rare tumor in a hard-to-reach spot, and the patient walked normally again a year later.
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Blood Thinners After Surgery for Glioblastoma: One Patient's Story and a Look at Past Studies
After brain tumor surgery, doctors have to weigh the risk of blood clots against the risk of bleeding in the brain.
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A blood test for tumor DNA tracked melanoma fairly well, but it missed tumors in the brain
A blood test that looks for bits of tumor DNA went up as melanoma got worse, but it often missed tumors in the brain, lung, and liver.
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A rare brain tumor in an adult looked like a different tumor on scans
Doctors found a rare tumor in one woman that looked like a different kind of tumor on her scans.
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Experts look at Europe's first shared review of a drug for a child brain tumor
Europe tried a new way to judge a drug for some children with slow-growing brain tumors, and many questions were left open.
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How children get along with others in the first years after a brain tumor diagnosis
Most children in this study got along with others about as well as other kids in the first few years after diagnosis.
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Experts look back at a glioblastoma study and ask what should come next
This article looks back at an earlier study and suggests a new direction for glioblastoma research.
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How lab tests on tumor genes help doctors sort brain tumors
Doctors now look at a tumor's genes, not just how it looks, to learn what kind it is.
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Testing a new way to read MRI scans to tell glioma types apart
Researchers tried a new way to read a special MRI scan to learn more about a glioma without surgery.
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People with glioblastoma who joined an exercise program showed better health when their tumor came back
In one look back at past patients, those who exercised after diagnosis tended to be in better shape when the tumor returned.
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A new way to plan how many people a cancer study needs
Researchers made a new math method to help plan cancer drug studies, and it does not test any new treatment.
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A common seizure drug may slow one type of childhood brain tumor
Children with one type of brain tumor who took a common seizure drug lived longer in past records, and researchers want to study this more.
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MRI scans during surgery helped surgeons remove more brain tumor in children
Taking an MRI scan in the middle of surgery helped doctors find tumor they had missed.
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Focused radiation helped people with brain tumors, even when there were many
Focused radiation worked about as well for people with many brain tumors as for people with fewer.
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A newer drug helped one lung cancer patient with brain spread
In a single patient, a newer drug shrank lung tumors and cleared tumors in the brain on scans.
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Finishing all six rounds of temozolomide linked to longer life
People with brain tumors who finished all six rounds of chemo lived longer.
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Steroid medicine caused severe mental symptoms in one patient
A man taking steroid medicine for cancer in his brain lining had severe mental symptoms.