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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What past cases show about a rare spinal cord tumor
Doctors reviewed past cases of a rare tumor that grows inside the spinal cord.
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A computer tool that helps plan radiation for brain tumors from digestive cancers
Doctors built a computer tool to help pick the radiation dose for brain tumors.
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What care teams say about exercise in brain tumor care
Care teams want exercise to be part of brain tumor care, but the system gets in the way.
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A brain tumor report describes two new gene changes
The full summary of this report was not available, so there is little we can tell you.
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A virtual reality tool for training brain surgeons
This is a practice tool for surgeons, not a treatment for patients.
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A skin germ infected the skull bone after brain surgery
Weeks after brain surgery, one patient got a bone infection from a common skin germ.
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Brain scans may hint at how the immune system acts in glioblastoma
Researchers used MRI scans to guess what the immune system is doing inside a brain tumor.
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Which added treatment works best when lung cancer spreads to the brain
Adding chemo to targeted pills held cancer back the longest in this review of past studies.
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A light-based scan may help predict how glioma will go
Doctors used a special light scan on tumor tissue to help judge what may come next.
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Laser treatment in the brain for children with seizures or tumors
Doctors treated 27 children with a brain laser, and most went home in a day or two.
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A special MRI scan may show what a meningioma feels like before surgery
A new kind of MRI may tell surgeons how tough a brain tumor is before they operate.
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A brain tumor type in children that is easy to mistake
This tumor can look like something else, so doctors may need extra tests to name it right.
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How surgery tools affect tumor tissue used for lab tests
Tumor tissue cut out by hand stayed in better shape for lab testing.
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AI may show which brain scans need contrast dye
A computer tool may one day cut how often brain scans need a dye shot.
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Gamma Knife radiation looked safe for people with 10 or more brain tumors
People with 10 or more brain tumors had no more side effects from Gamma Knife radiation than people with fewer tumors.
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Scans of the whole brain and spine found more ependymoma spread
A hospital looked back at 25 years of ependymoma patients to see how often the tumor spread down the spine.
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A look back at brain germ cell tumors in young people in Pakistan
Almost all of the young patients in this small study were alive at the end.
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A simple blood test may hint at how serious a glioma is
A routine blood test may give a clue about how serious a brain tumor is.
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Where a glioblastoma grows may change how it looks under a microscope
Tumors in different parts of the brain can look a little different in the lab.
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Fifteen Years of Surgery for Rare Tumors Deep Inside the Brain
Most people did well after surgery for these rare deep brain tumors, but the risks were real.