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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Brain surgery when lung cancer and brain spread are found together
Surgery to remove brain tumors may be a fair option for some lung cancer patients.
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A rare brain tumor came back fast in one man
One man's rare brain tumor grew back quickly in about a year.
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Three ways to drain brain fluid in children with medulloblastoma
Doctors looked back at three ways to handle extra brain fluid in children with a brain tumor.
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A second surgery right after radiation may help some people with glioblastoma
People who had a second brain surgery right after radiation lived longer in this study.
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A spinal cord tumor found after childbirth
A new mother's legs grew weak, and doctors found a tumor in her spinal cord.
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A review of using bacteria to attack brain tumor cells
Scientists are studying special bacteria that may attack brain tumor cells from the inside.
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A prostate cancer marker may help doctors see brain tumors
A marker called PSMA shows up in brain tumor blood vessels, and scans that find it may help doctors get a clearer picture.
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A trial asks if brain scans can replace preventive brain radiation
Doctors are testing whether close MRI scans work as well as radiation to the brain.
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Doctors often miss how patients feel during brain radiation
Patients getting radiation for cancer that spread to the brain felt more symptoms than their doctors noted.
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Computer Program Learns to Find Meningioma on MRI Scans
Researchers trained a computer program to find and outline meningioma tumors on brain scans.
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What one gene test may tell us about IDH-mutant gliomas
In some gliomas, tumors with a gene called MGMT switched off tended to do better.
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A letter responds to a study on surgery and biopsy for brain lymphoma
This is a short written reply to another study, not a new study.
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Awake brain surgery helps show how the brain groups muscles to move
During awake tumor surgery, doctors found signs that the brain moves muscles in teams.
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A Brain Tumor Found by Chance on a Prostate Cancer Scan
A scan meant to check prostate cancer found a brain tumor no one was looking for.
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A new tool to help judge how serious a glioma is
Doctors built a computer tool to help guess if a glioma is a higher grade.
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A computer tool tried to copy a special brain scan
A computer tool guessed a special tumor scan from normal MRI pictures, with mixed results.
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A new idea about why glioblastoma comes back after surgery
Researchers think the brain around the surgery site may help the tumor grow back.
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Survival After a Noncancerous Meningioma Changes With Age
A large record review looked at how adults do after a noncancerous brain tumor called meningioma.
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A faster sodium MRI scan still shows brain tumors
A quicker version of a special brain scan still showed tumors clearly.
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Some glioblastoma tumors act like part of the brain's networks
Brain scans found a group of tumors linked with longer survival.