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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A research group looked at surgery for grade 4 astrocytoma
This is a report about surgery for a brain tumor called grade 4 astrocytoma.
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A special MRI scan may help tell two midline brain tumors apart
Doctors tested a type of MRI scan to tell two similar brain tumors apart without surgery.
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Saving hearing during surgery for a small nerve tumor
Doctors kept useful hearing in most people after surgery for a small tumor on the hearing and balance nerve.
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Radiation controlled a growing ear tumor in a woman with a cochlear implant
One woman's tumor stopped growing after radiation, and she kept hearing with her implant.
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A High Count of Gene Changes Is Rare in Children's Solid Tumors
Very few tumors in children had a high count of gene changes.
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A computer tool makes a special brain scan much faster
Researchers built a computer tool that gets brain scan results in five minutes instead of many.
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A review of brain scans that read a tumor's chemistry
A special kind of MRI can show what a brain tumor is made of, with no surgery.
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Computer software drew tumor outlines on brain scans
Researchers tested computer software that traces brain tumors on MRI scans.
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A support care clinic for people with fast growing brain tumors
A clinic that offers comfort care, not tumor treatment, helped most patients who came.
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Long exposure to the chemical PFOA is linked to more brain cancer deaths
People with more of the chemical PFOA built up in their blood had a higher risk of dying from brain cancer.
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A review of how immune cells act in glioblastoma
Doctors looked back at what is known about immune cells inside glioblastoma, a fast growing brain tumor.
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A protein in brain tumor tissue is linked to longer survival
People whose tumors had more of one immune protein lived longer.
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A review looks at one protein as a possible target in glioblastoma
Experts looked at a protein called EZH2 to see if it could one day be a target for glioblastoma treatment.
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Frozen brain tumor samples keep their glow
Tumor tissue that was frozen still glows, but only a special tool can see it.
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What helps control seizures after slow growing brain tumor surgery
Most people in this study had no seizures in their last year.
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Steroids shrink most CNS lymphoma tumors, and the response may hint at outlook
In this small study, most brain lymphoma tumors got smaller on steroids, and those patients lived longer.
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Leftover tumor after surgery is linked to it coming back
When more tumor was left after surgery, it came back more often.
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Radiation for cancer that has spread to the lining of the brain and spine
Studies of proton radiation reported longer survival, but they cannot be compared fairly.
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How brain cells and immune cells may help lung cancer grow in the brain
This report looks at how the brain's own nerve and immune cells may help lung cancer settle and grow there.
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A review of new ways to get biologic drugs into brain tumors
Scientists looked at how to get targeted drugs past the brain's natural shield.