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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Where glioblastoma tumors tend to come back after treatment
In most reported cases, glioblastoma came back in or near the same spot that was treated.
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Where people live and the brain tumor care they get
At one large cancer center, people from tougher neighborhoods lived about as long, but they got less surgery and fewer clinical trials.
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People with kidney cancer that spread to the brain are living longer than in past years
Records from 929 patients show survival time has gone up as newer drugs came into use.
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Surgeons removed part of a large ear nerve tumor and placed a cochlear implant in the same operation
One woman had a large tumor partly removed and got a hearing implant during the same surgery, and she could hear better afterward.
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A spine tumor that spread to the lungs ten years later
In rare cases, a slow growing spine tumor can show up outside the nervous system years later.
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MRI scans alone did not show how packed glioma tumors were
A common way of using MRI to guess how crowded tumor cells are did not match what the tissue actually showed.
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A Rare Brain Tumor in a Teen Looked Like Cancer
A teen's brain tumor looked like cancer on scans, but it was not.
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One patient whose lung cancer spread to the brain and its lining
Doctors report on one person whose lung cancer spread to the brain in two ways at once.
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A review of computer programs that read brain scans
Scientists looked at how computer programs help read brain scans for tumors and other brain diseases.
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A review of laser therapy for fast growing brain tumors
Doctors can use heat from a laser to destroy brain tumors that are hard to reach.
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A new brain spot in a cancer survivor is not always the old cancer
If you had cancer before, a new spot in the brain may be a new tumor, not the old cancer spreading.
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Free software that measures brain tumors on scans still needs testing
Free tools can outline brain tumors on scans, but they are not ready for clinics.
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Vitamin B6 for mood side effects of levetiracetam in people with brain tumors
This study is testing whether a daily vitamin B6 supplement helps with mood side effects from a seizure medicine.
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Testing an experimental virus therapy, G207, in children with cerebellar brain tumors that came back or kept growing
This study is testing whether an experimental virus therapy is safe for children whose cerebellar brain tumor has come back or has not responded to treatment.
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Testing the drug liso-cel as a first treatment for adults with lymphoma that starts in the brain and spinal cord
This trial is testing a drug called liso-cel in adults with a lymphoma that starts in the brain and spinal cord, who cannot have a transplant.
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G207 with radiation for children with high-grade glioma
This study is testing a treatment called G207, given with radiation, in children whose high-grade glioma has come back or is growing.
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A special MRI scan to guide radiation for glioblastoma that has come back
This study is testing whether an experimental MRI scan can help doctors find hidden brain cancer and aim radiation at it.
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Testing a slower way to give whole brain radiation to protect thinking and memory
This trial is testing whether giving whole brain radiation in a slower, pulsed way is better for a person's thinking and memory.
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A review of newer PET scans used to look at brain tumors
Doctors now have PET scans that can show some brain tumors more clearly than older scans could.
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A rare tumor with teeth removed from a boy's pituitary area
Doctors removed a rare, non cancerous tumor from behind a 7 year old boy's nose, and he was doing well a year later.