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.
1061 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
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Testing tirabrutinib against a two-drug combination for primary CNS lymphoma that came back
This trial compares one drug, tirabrutinib, with a two-drug treatment in people whose primary central nervous system lymphoma has come back or did not respond.
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Testing the drug paxalisib in people whose central nervous system lymphoma has come back
This study is testing a drug called paxalisib in people with primary central nervous system lymphoma that came back or did not respond to earlier treatment.
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Testing a Keto Diet Alongside Usual Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
This study is testing whether a keto diet helps people with a new glioblastoma live longer than standard diet advice does.
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Eye movements may show when experts are unsure about a tumor's edge
Doctors do not always agree on where a brain tumor ends, and this study tested a way to spot that doubt.
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Speech problems after brain tumor surgery near two wiring paths
Harm to two speech wiring paths in the brain was linked to worse speech problems after surgery.
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A rare adrenal cancer that first showed up in the brain
One woman's cancer was hard to name, and it took repeated testing to find where it started.
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Doctors removed a rare neck spine tumor in a 4-year-old girl
Surgeons took out a rare tumor in a child's neck, and she got better.
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Children with brain tumors are waiting longer to start treatment after surgery
At one children's hospital, kids waited more days after brain tumor surgery before their next treatment started than kids did years ago.
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A three-gene test may help spot a rare gene change in glioblastoma
Scientists built a computer test that may help find a rare gene change in some brain tumors.
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A drug mix tested in people with late stage cancer
More people who took an added drug called angiotensin 1-7 were still alive after three years.
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Brain infection after surgery for childhood brain tumors: who is most at risk
Doctors looked back at 116 children who had surgery for a brain tumor at the back of the head, and found that about one in six got an infection around the brain afterward.
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Radiation given during brain surgery did not raise the risk of vein clots
Giving radiation during surgery did not lead to more blood clots in the brain's large veins than the usual radiation given after surgery.
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A Review of MRI Scan Analysis to Predict If a Meningioma Comes Back
This is a review article about using computer analysis of MRI scans to guess whether a meningioma might come back.
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Long-term steroid use before brain tumor surgery is linked to more lung blood clots
Adults who took steroids for a long time before brain tumor surgery had lung blood clots more often afterward.
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First small safety test of a CAR-T cell treatment for glioma that came back
A small first test in people found this CAR-T cell treatment was safe enough to keep studying.
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A brain tumor that was easy to label as the wrong type
Doctors describe one brain tumor whose lab tests could point to the wrong diagnosis.
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A new way to track brain wiring changes after tumor surgery
Doctors tested a scan method that follows how brain wiring shifts after brain tumor surgery.
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One kind of pituitary tumor may come in four types
Scientists studied tumor samples and found that this tumor is really four different types.
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A special scan used to plan surgery helped remove more brain tumor
When surgeons used a special scan to plan glioblastoma surgery, they removed more of the tumor and people lived longer.
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A scan before surgery may hint at a gene change in glioma
A PET/CT scan done before surgery may give doctors an early clue about a gene change inside a glioma.