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 surgery method for a tumor at the low end of the spinal cord
Surgeons share how they removed one woman's spinal cord tumor in a single piece.
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Can MRI scans hint at how a lower-grade glioma responds to radiation?
Researchers asked if a computer could read MRI scans to guess how a tumor may respond to radiation.
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How one immune warning signal can help or hurt in glioblastoma
Scientists reviewed how an alarm signal inside cells can both fight a brain tumor and help it.
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Testing a small handheld microscope that shows tumor cells during brain surgery
Doctors tried a small handheld microscope to help tell tumor from healthy brain during surgery.
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A review of how mRNA vaccines might someday help treat glioblastoma
Experts looked at how a new kind of vaccine might one day help fight glioblastoma.
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Focused radiation and large tumors with fluid-filled pockets
In this study, large tumors with fluid-filled pockets shrank faster at first after focused radiation.
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A new way to rebuild the eye socket after eye removal surgery
Doctors tried a new way to fill the eye socket after surgery removed the eye but kept the eyelids.
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A computer tool reads brain scans to guess if a chemo drug will help
Researchers built a computer tool that looks at brain scans to guess if a common chemo drug will work.
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A gene change may affect how well tumor treating fields work for glioblastoma
People with glioblastoma did worse on a treatment called tumor treating fields when their tumor had lost a gene called PTEN.
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A look back at 85 young patients with slow-growing brain tumors
Doctors at one hospital looked back at 85 young patients to learn more about slow-growing brain tumors.
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Does it matter when kidney cancer spreads?
Kidney cancer that spreads later may have a better outlook than cancer that spread early.
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How lung cancer grows in the brain, and why it can be hard to treat
Experts reviewed what is known about lung cancer that spreads to the brain.
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Some meningiomas look unusual on brain scans
A scan can make a slow growing brain tumor look worse than it really is.
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Brain scans show tumors rewire nearby movement paths
Scans suggest the brain builds extra connections around a tumor near movement areas.
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A new drug mix helped one man whose lung cancer spread to his brain
One man's brain spots went away after he tried a new mix of drugs.
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A spinal fluid test helped guide care for a rare spine tumor
Doctors used a spinal fluid test to help find a man's rare spinal cord tumor.
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Reading brain scans in small zones may help predict glioblastoma survival
Researchers used regular MRI scans to sort patients into higher and lower risk groups.
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Brain scan blood flow patterns and early risk in glioblastoma
An uneven blood flow pattern on scans was linked to a higher risk of dying in the first year.
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Planning radiation to reach tumor cells that scans cannot see
Researchers tested computer plans that aim radiation at hidden tumor cells.
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Two drugs given into brain fluid helped some breast cancer patients
In a small study, brain lining tumors shrank in 11 out of 24 patients.