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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A computer tool that outlines brain tumors even when one scan is missing
Doctors use computer tools to measure tumors on MRI scans, and this study tested one that still works when a common scan type is missing.
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Two partners who lived together both developed glioblastoma
Doctors describe two partners who each developed a brain tumor about 20 months apart, and no shared cause was found.
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A phone app to help people with speech problems from a brain tumor
This study is testing a phone app made to help people talk when a brain tumor has made speech hard.
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Testing a new drug called NLG802 with temozolomide in children with brain tumors that are growing
This study is testing whether a new drug called NLG802 is safe for children with brain tumors when it is given with a chemotherapy drug called temozolomide.
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A study of the brain's protective barrier in people with a new glioblastoma
This study looks at how well the brain's natural barrier is working in people who have just been diagnosed with a brain tumor called glioblastoma.
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Gene testing now decides what a glioma is called, but not everyone can get it
The name a doctor gives a glioma now comes from lab tests on the tumor's genes, and many places in the world cannot do those tests.
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A robot guide helped surgeons take brain tumor samples safely
At one UK hospital, a robot arm helped surgeons take brain tumor samples, and every sample gave doctors an answer.
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Word tests show thinking problems in people with SMA gliomas
People with a glioma in a brain area called the supplementary motor area came up with fewer words on word tests than healthy people.
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A rare brain tumor found in a young man with a rare growth condition
Doctors report one young man who had both a rare inherited growth condition and a serious brain tumor, a pairing never written up before.
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A surgery video shows how doctors reach a tumor near the base of the skull
This is a teaching video for surgeons, not a new treatment or a new study result.
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Brain scan changes were uncommon in children after proton therapy
Most children in this study had no new brain injury on their scans after proton beam therapy.
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The type of EGFR gene change may affect how lung cancer grows in the brain
In people whose lung cancer spread to the brain, the exact gene change they had was linked to how likely the brain tumors were to grow again.
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Mask-based Gamma Knife radiation worked well for vestibular schwannoma
A hospital looked back at its patients and found that Gamma Knife radiation given with a mask, instead of a head frame, kept most of these tumors from growing.
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No hearing test on its own can say who needs an MRI
Hearing tests help doctors decide who should get an MRI scan, but no test catches every tumor.
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A review of how blood vessels and the immune system help glioblastoma grow
This is a review of past research on why glioblastoma is so hard to treat.
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A common diabetes drug is linked to less breast cancer spread
Women who took a certain diabetes drug were less likely to have their breast cancer spread to other organs.
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A case report on caring for a child with Prader-Willi syndrome who also had a brain tumor
Doctors describe how they cared for one girl who had both a rare genetic condition and a brain tumor, and what made it hard.
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Targeted drugs for children with a BRAF gene change in a slow growing brain tumor
Drugs aimed at one gene change shrank tumors in some children, but side effects were common.
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Lab Work on Immune Treatments for DMG Brain Tumors
Better lab models are helping scientists test immune treatments for a hard brain tumor.
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Where a brain tumor sits may matter more than how big it is
Brain scans hint that tumor location may say more about survival than tumor size.