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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Brain cancer deaths in Pakistan vary a lot by place, age, and sex
Deaths from brain and nerve cancers are not spread evenly across Pakistan.
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What makes a hospital stay longer after brain tumor surgery
One hospital looked at who ends up staying longer after brain tumor surgery.
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Seizures named more often on brain tumor death records
Seizures show up more often on the death records of people with brain cancer.
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Deaths involving brain cancer and a stopped heart have slowly dropped since 1999
Fewer people are dying this way than in 1999, but not every group has gained the same.
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More People in Pakistan Are Living With Brain and Nerve Cancer
This study counted brain and nerve cancer in Pakistan over many years.
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What happened after skull base tumor surgery in 55 patients
Doctors looked back at 55 surgeries to remove tumors at the base of the skull.
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Brain and Nerve Cancer Deaths Are Rising in Pakistan
Deaths from brain and nerve cancers in Pakistan have gone up since 1980.
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Fewer U.S. deaths from cancer that spread to the brain since 1999
Deaths from cancer that spread to the brain have gone down overall in the United States.
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Income gap in glioblastoma survival is not mostly about surgery
People in lower income areas lived less time, and surgery was not the main reason.
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US brain cancer death rates went down slowly over 26 years
Brain cancer death rates in the United States have dropped a little since 1999.
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Brain tumor death rates stay higher outside big cities
In the US, people in rural areas died from brain tumors more often than people in big cities.
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How patients feel before brain tumor surgery
Patients who understood their illness better felt less torn about their surgery choice.
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Surgery results for 51 people with a meningioma
Most people in this study did well after surgery for a meningioma.
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Many countries cannot run the lab tests brain tumor trials ask for
In poorer countries, many patients cannot get the lab tests that brain tumor trials require.
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A child's scalp skin cancer grew inward and looked like a brain infection
In one child, a scalp skin cancer spread inward and looked like a brain infection on scans.
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A brain tumor that spread to the bones and liver in a young man
Doctors report a rare case where a brain tumor spread to a young man's bones and liver.
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An older chemo mix helped one woman after three other treatments failed
One woman's brain tumor stayed under control for about 40 months on a different chemo mix.
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Thyroid cancer spread to the brain and looked like another tumor
In three patients, a brain growth turned out to be thyroid cancer that had spread.
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Brain scans show small wiring differences by tumor spot
Brain networks shifted a little differently depending on where the tumor sat.
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A rare spinal cord tumor was hard to name
Doctors describe one rare spinal cord tumor that was hard to label correctly.