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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Children gained more weight than adults after craniopharyngioma surgery
Doctors looked back at 48 surgeries and found that children put on far more weight afterward than adults did.
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A computer model tries to predict risk in glioblastoma from tumor slides
Researchers built a computer tool that sorts glioblastoma patients into higher risk and lower risk groups by looking at pictures of tumor tissue.
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A protein called BTLA is linked to weaker immune cells in brain tumors
Scientists found one more way brain tumors may hide from the immune system.
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A gene change called EGFR and survival in glioblastoma
Tumors with many extra copies of the EGFR gene were linked to shorter survival.
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It is still unclear what one gene change means in meningioma
Doctors do not yet know how much a partial loss of two genes tells them about a meningioma tumor.
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An MRI sign may help tell radiation damage from a returning tumor
A broken ring shape on an MRI scan may help doctors tell radiation damage apart from a tumor that has come back.
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Cancer vaccines did not help most people with new glioblastoma
In a review of past trials, cancer vaccines did not help people with new glioblastoma live longer overall.
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How labs test for a missing copy of the CDKN2A/B gene in two brain tumor types
This item is about how labs check for a missing copy of a gene, not about a new treatment.
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Early study tests immune cells given into the brain fluid for children with brain tumors
A new immune cell treatment, given into the fluid spaces of the brain, was tolerated by young people with hard to treat brain tumors.
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A brain tumor reported in a child with Noonan syndrome
Doctors describe a brain tumor called a meningioma in a child who has Noonan syndrome.
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Bleeding at the surgery site months later may be a warning sign a brain tumor is back
In one young man, bleeding at his brain surgery site months later came just before doctors found his tumor had spread.
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Dizziness that looked like an inner ear problem came from the brain
In 6 people, dizziness that seemed to be a common inner ear problem turned out to start in the brain, and a brain MRI found the real cause.
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A computer program spotted brain tumors on children's MRI scans
Researchers taught a computer to find brain tumors on MRI scans of children.
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Free brain tumor drug in Uruguay: how long patients lived
Uruguay pays for a standard brain tumor drug for everyone, and this study looked at how long those patients lived.
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A new MRI method may help tell two kinds of brain tumor apart
A small study tested an MRI scan that may help doctors tell two brain tumor types apart.
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Why brain tumor drugs often fail to reach the tumor
Experts looked at why one type of glioblastoma drug keeps falling short, and what might help.
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Bleeding around the brain in a young child with an optic glioma
Doctors describe one young child with a brain tumor who had bleeding around the brain, even though he was never hurt in an accident.
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Testing sacituzumab tirumotecan for triple-negative breast cancer that has spread to the brain
This trial is testing a drug called sacituzumab tirumotecan in people whose triple-negative breast cancer has spread to the brain.
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Testing the drug Debio 0123 with temozolomide in adults with glioblastoma
This study is testing a drug called Debio 0123 added to usual glioblastoma treatment.
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A PET scan tested to tell radiation damage from tumor growth in brain metastases
This trial is testing whether a special scan can tell if a spot in the brain is tumor growth or damage from radiation treatment.