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.
119 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
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People with craniopharyngioma or CNS germ cell tumor took part in less social activity
A small study found that people with these brain tumors were less socially active and less physically active than healthy people, and that low motivation was part of it.
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Brain scans did not reliably show which brain tumor patients had speech problems
A study of brain scans could not reliably tell which brain tumor patients had trouble with speech and language.
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A study looked at how often epilepsy happens in people with NF2
This study checked how often people with neurofibromatosis type 2 develop epilepsy, but the results are not available here.
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Long-term steroid use before brain tumor surgery is linked to more lung blood clots
Adults who took steroids for a long time before brain tumor surgery had lung blood clots more often afterward.
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A new way to track brain wiring changes after tumor surgery
Doctors tested a scan method that follows how brain wiring shifts after brain tumor surgery.
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A study of Medtronic brain and spine devices already in use
This study collects safety and performance information about Medtronic devices used in brain and spine surgery.
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A sedative drug used during brain surgery in a patient with severe lung disease
This is a report about one patient's brain surgery, and only the title is available.
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Blood tests after brain tumor surgery may predict a longer ICU stay
Simple blood tests right after surgery may show who will need more ICU days.
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How a tumor sample is taken can change the test result
The way tissue is collected affects how well a lab test can name a brain tumor.
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Why Choroid Plexus Tumors Are Hard to Diagnose
Doctors reviewed how these rare brain tumors are told apart, because getting the right diagnosis can be tricky.
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Doctors share what went wrong when planning brain radiation with MRI scans alone
A hospital team tried planning brain radiation using only MRI scans, and they wrote down the problems they ran into.
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A different brain tumor appeared 11 years after surgery
A man had a pineal brain tumor fully removed, and eleven years later a different kind of tumor grew in the same place.
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A new kind of MRI scan may show how brain tumors use fuel
Doctors are testing a scan that shows how a brain tumor uses fuel.
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Testing spinal fluid and blood samples to look for tumor DNA in people with brain tumors or cancer that has spread
This study is checking whether tumor DNA can be found in spinal fluid and blood.
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A simple tool to predict fluid buildup in the brain after tumor surgery
Doctors built a computer tool that uses three facts known before surgery to estimate who might get fluid buildup in the brain afterward.
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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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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 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.