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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Adding a second drug did not help when glioblastoma came back
Adding procarbazine to lomustine did not help people live longer.
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One adult's hard search for a brain tumor trial that fits
This item is about an adult who did not fit the rules for brain tumor trials.
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Gentle brain stimulation and thinking problems during whole brain radiation
A small study found that gentle brain stimulation helped memory and focus during whole brain radiation.
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A new kind of MRI scan may show how brain tumors use fuel
Doctors are testing a scan that shows how a brain tumor uses fuel.
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Two surgery routes for a hearing nerve tumor, and what each one costs
Surgeons compared the two main ways to reach a hearing nerve tumor, and each way came with a different trade off.
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Using more surgery tools may help some grade 4 glioma patients live longer
Patients lived longer when surgeons used several special tools, but only when the tumor sat in a brain area that controls things like speech or movement.
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A scan check after radiation may predict how glioblastoma will go
Doctors looked at brain scans taken after radiation and chemo, and found the scans gave a better picture of how patients were likely to do.
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A look back at 210 people with a midline brain tumor
Doctors reviewed 210 past cases of a fast growing brain tumor to see what affected how long people lived.
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A brain metastasis came back along the path of a drain tube
In one patient, cancer grew back along the track where a small tube had been placed to drain a fluid-filled brain tumor.
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A rare blood vessel problem after brain tumor surgery in a child
Doctors describe one child who died from a rare narrowing of brain arteries days after surgery for a craniopharyngioma.
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Tumors in the vision part of the brain: what past studies show
Researchers pulled together past studies on brain tumors in the area that handles sight, to see how they show up and how patients did.
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Early safety study of berubicin in people whose brain tumors came back
A first study in people tested a new drug for brain tumors that returned, mainly to find a safe dose.
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Eye pathway tumors did not add to thinking problems in children with NF1
Children with NF1 had similar thinking skills whether or not they had a tumor on the eye pathway.
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Eye scans found more nerve damage with one type of brain tumor
Tumors sitting right on top of the pituitary area were linked to more vision problems, even though they were smaller.
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A teaching case about medulloblastoma
This is a teaching article about medulloblastoma, but no summary text was shared, so there is nothing to report yet.
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Testing tarlatamab for brain tumors that spread from small cell lung cancer
This trial is testing a drug called tarlatamab in people whose small cell lung cancer has spread to the brain.
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Testing a radiation bead treatment for glioblastoma that has come back
This study is testing whether a device that places tiny radiation beads into a brain tumor is safe for people whose glioblastoma has returned.
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Testing the drug atezolizumab in people whose glioblastoma has come back
This trial is testing a drug called atezolizumab in people whose glioblastoma has returned.
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Testing nivolumab, with or without relatlimab, for newly diagnosed glioblastoma
This study is testing whether the immune drug nivolumab, given alone or with relatlimab, is safe and workable for people with a newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
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Tovorafenib for children and young adults with high-grade glioma, including DIPG
This study is testing whether a drug called tovorafenib can help people with a newly found fast-growing brain tumor live longer.