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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Using light to tell tumor from healthy brain during surgery
Doctors are testing a light based tool that spots tumor tissue while they operate.
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A prostate cancer drug may be tied to faster meningioma growth
Two men had a brain tumor grow faster soon after they started a common prostate cancer drug.
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Two radiation plans after brain surgery worked about the same
After brain surgery, one big radiation dose and several smaller doses gave similar results.
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Brain signals during surgery may hint at how deep a tumor goes
Doctors tested a way to sense how far a brain tumor has spread during surgery.
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A nerve monitor used during surgery for a tumor near the ear
Doctors watched the hearing nerve during surgery, and all three patients could hear afterward with an implant.
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How people make sense of a vestibular schwannoma diagnosis
People do hard emotional work before they choose surgery for this tumor.
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Thinking and memory problems in people with glioma
Many people with a glioma have trouble with thinking or memory.
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A brain tumor that was first mistaken for a stroke
Doctors thought this man had a stroke and a mental illness. He had a brain tumor.
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Surgery for spinal cord tumors in children at one hospital in Pakistan
Doctors looked back at records from 19 children who had surgery for a spinal tumor.
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A smaller surgery for a tumor near the eye
Doctors used a small cut to remove a tumor near one person's eye, and sight got better fast.
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Both brain tumors removed through one small skull opening
Doctors took out both of one man's brain tumors through a single small opening.
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A look at alpha particle radiation for glioblastoma
Doctors are studying a new type of radiation for a hard-to-treat brain tumor.
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A special brain scan may help doctors check the spot where a tumor was removed
Doctors looked at a special kind of MRI scan in four people after brain surgery for cancer that had spread to the brain.
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How swelling and immune signals in the brain may help brain tumors grow
This article looks at how long-lasting inflammation near brain tumors may help them grow and resist treatment.
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A brain tumor surgery was stopped early, then finished later
One man's brain surgery had to stop partway, and doctors safely finished it months later.
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Tumor spot near a brain area did not change how long people lived
In this study, a tumor touching one brain area did not shorten survival.
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A special scan helped doctors follow one boy's brain tumor treatment
Doctors used a special brain scan to watch how one boy's tumor responded to his drugs.
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Cyst-like brain spots from lung cancer may come back more often
In this study, brain spots that were all fluid were more likely to come back in new parts of the brain.
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A hand tool that helps find the hearing nerve during surgery
Surgeons used a small probe to find the hearing nerve during brain surgery.
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Two ways to drain brain fluid when a tumor blocks it
Draining trapped brain fluid with a small scope worked for most people here.