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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Testing how much ASTX727 can be given safely for IDH mutant gliomas that came back or kept growing
This study is testing a drug called ASTX727 to find the highest dose people can take safely.
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A review of drug treatments for lung cancer that has spread to the brain
Doctors now have more drug options that can reach cancer in the brain, and this review explains where those drugs fit in.
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A glowing dye helps surgeons remove more glioblastoma
A dye that makes tumor tissue glow helped surgeons take out more of the tumor, and it did not cause more harm.
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Prolactinoma patients on cabergoline had more impulsive habits
People taking cabergoline for a prolactinoma were more impulsive, and more of them shopped in ways they could not control.
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Some breast cancer features are linked to cancer reaching the brain
Doctors looked at which breast cancer patients were most likely to later have the cancer spread to the brain.
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A robot used for brain biopsies gave doctors a clear answer in most cases
Doctors looked back at 496 brain biopsies done with a robot, and most gave a clear answer with few problems.
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A doctor's letter about doing a biopsy before brain surgery
This is a short letter from doctors about whether a biopsy should come before brain surgery in high grade glioma.
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A review of CAR-T immune cell therapy for glioblastoma
Researchers looked at where the science stands on using a person's own immune cells to fight glioblastoma.
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Deaths soon after brain tumor surgery did not go up during the pandemic
In a large look at U.S. hospital records, the share of people who died within 30 days of brain tumor surgery stayed low during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Awake surgery for deep brain tumors: what helped people live longer
Doctors looked back at 36 people who had brain tumor surgery while awake, and their memory scores did not get worse.
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A personalized vaccine made from a patient's own tumor was tested with an immune drug in small cell lung cancer
A small, early trial found this vaccine was safe to give, but it could not prove it helps people live longer.
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A new MRI method shows hidden dense spots in brain tumors
Researchers tested an MRI method that removes the blur from water in the brain, so dense tumor areas show up better.
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How often MRI scans find a vestibular schwannoma
At one hospital, only 11 out of 600 MRI scans found this rare, non-cancerous ear nerve tumor.
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A Review of Drug Options for High Grade Meningiomas That Come Back
Doctors looked at all the drug treatments tried so far for aggressive meningiomas that return, and found none are proven yet.
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Full DNA testing in 50 Brazilian people with neurofibromatosis type 1
A full DNA test found the cause of this condition in nearly every family checked.
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A Bright Spot on a Brain Scan Was Seizure Activity, Not Returning Cancer
A glowing spot on one woman's brain scan looked like cancer coming back, but doctors decided it was seizure activity instead.
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New camera and suction tool used to remove a bleeding brain tumor
Surgeons used a new tool with a built in camera to take out a bleeding brain tumor in one young man.
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A rare bleeding problem after gamma knife treatment for an ear nerve tumor
Doctors report one woman who had serious bleeding inside a benign ear nerve tumor two years after radiation treatment.
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A review of CAR T-cell therapy for brain tumors in children
Researchers looked at early work on a treatment that trains a child's own immune cells to attack brain tumors.
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Which children with early puberty are most likely to have a brain finding on an MRI
In this study, brain scans found a growth or other change most often in the youngest children who started puberty early.