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 scan signs before radiation may be linked to a later side effect
Small fluid spaces on a brain scan may hint at who gets radiation damage later.
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Narrowed brain veins after surgery at the back of the head
Some people get a narrowed brain vein after this kind of surgery, and a small tube may help fix it.
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A review of a brain tumor called supratentorial ependymoma
Doctors gathered what is known about one kind of childhood brain tumor.
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Who faces more risk after surgery for several brain tumors
When people have more than one brain tumor, surgery carries real risk, and some people face more of it than others.
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Why EGFR drugs stop working in glioblastoma
This paper looks at how glioblastoma tumors get around drugs aimed at EGFR.
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New online tool rates the risk of breast cancer spreading to the brain
Doctors built a calculator that rates how likely early breast cancer is to spread to the brain.
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Family income and schooling linked to thinking skills after a childhood brain tumor
Children from better-off families scored higher on thinking tests after a brain tumor.
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An early safety test of a new drug for glioblastoma that came back
A new drug was tested mainly for safety in people, and most side effects were mild.
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Radiation after full surgery may help with atypical meningioma
This report says radiation after surgery led to better results for this tumor.
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A review of when to start radiation for IDH-mutant gliomas
Experts took a second look at a study about the best time to start radiation.
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A blood pocket near the brain while cancer shrank
One woman had a small pocket of blood near her brain while her cancer was shrinking, and it healed on its own.
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A rare bone tumor that spread to the brain
Doctors report a bone tumor that spread to the brain, which has almost never been seen before.
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Body clocks may matter in brain cancer care
The time of day may change how brain tumors grow and how well treatment works.
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When one brain tumor turns out to be two
Sometimes what looks like one brain tumor is really two different tumors.
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A rare thyroid cancer that spread to the brain
Doctors tell the story of one man whose thyroid cancer later showed up in his brain.
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One adult's low-grade glioma had a rare gene change, and targeted treatment helped
Doctors found a rare gene fusion in one adult's slow-growing brain tumor, and a drug aimed at that gene helped him.
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A Simple Blood Test May Explain Low Blood Counts in Kids With Cancer
Some children are born with low infection fighting blood cells, and a blood test can show it.
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A spinal stimulator helped one man move better after tumor surgery
One man's legs worked better after doctors placed an electrical stimulator over his spine.
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Breast cancer that spreads only to the brain may act differently
When breast cancer spreads to the brain and nowhere else, it may behave as its own kind of disease.
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A HER2 drug kept two rare brain tumors steady
Two people whose rare brain tumor kept coming back stayed stable for many months on a drug called T-DXd.