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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Experts review ways to improve CAR-T cell therapy for glioblastoma
This article looks at ways to make an immune cell treatment work better for glioblastoma.
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Computer Models Try to Predict Brain Damage From Focused Radiation
Researchers tested whether a computer could guess which brain tumors might later have radiation damage.
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Two Tumor Markers May Be Linked in Pituitary Tumors
This small study found a possible link between two markers in pituitary tumors.
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A leukemia lump in the brain was mistaken for an infection
Doctors report one case where a leukemia growth in the brain looked like a TB infection.
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Blood Clots in People Treated for Melanoma
This study looked at how often people getting melanoma treatment got blood clots.
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Children with slow growing brain tumors in Switzerland lived a long time
Most children in this study with slow growing brain tumors were still alive many years later.
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Why some lung cancer pills stop working over time
Doctors looked back at old patient records to see who stops responding to a common lung cancer pill.
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A new MRI scan that looks at oxygen in brain tumors
Doctors are testing an MRI scan that shows how brain tumors use oxygen.
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Missing Pieces of the AIP Gene in Pituitary Tumors
Some families carry a gene change that raises the risk of pituitary tumors.
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Children with brain tumors, and the toll on their caregivers
When a child got worse, the caregiver's quality of life dropped too.
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A Decade of Added Immune Treatment for Glioblastoma in Real-World Care
Doctors looked back at 104 glioblastoma patients who got extra immune treatments.
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A review of tiny particles being studied to carry drugs to glioblastoma
This is a summary of past research on using very tiny particles to get medicine into the brain.
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What a rare brain tumor looked like on scans in one child
Doctors describe one boy with a rare brain tumor, and how his scans looked milder than the tumor really was.
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New ways to get medicine past the brain's natural shield
Experts looked at new ways to carry medicine into the brain, but most are still far from patients.
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Tumor tissue removed by a suction tool may help doctors make a diagnosis
Tissue that is often thrown away during brain surgery may still help doctors learn what kind of tumor a person has.
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A rare fast growing brain tumor found near the optic nerves
Doctors found a rare, fast growing brain tumor in an unusual spot in one adult man.
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A new tool to help predict survival for grade 2 and 3 meningioma
Researchers built an online tool that may help doctors talk with patients about survival in higher-grade meningioma.
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Focused radiation for non-cancer spine tumors that cause symptoms
One hospital looked back at how a focused type of radiation worked for non-cancer tumors in the spine.
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A TB infection in the brainstem looked like a brain tumor
One man's brain scan looked like a tumor, but it turned out to be a TB infection.
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A brain cyst that turned out to be a tumor
A man's cyst was named wrong at first, and later tests showed it was a tumor.