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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1634 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
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One hospital studied Tumor Treating Fields in older adults with glioblastoma
This report looks at a treatment called Tumor Treating Fields in older adults with a brain tumor.
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A look at brain scans in a glioma pattern called gliomatosis cerebri
This report is about brain scans in adults with a glioma, but the details were not shared.
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A review of how dying brain cells wake up the immune system
This is a summary of past research, not a new treatment or a new test in people.
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A review of blood pressure care during awake brain surgery
Doctors looked at how to keep blood pressure safe while a patient is awake during brain surgery.
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Brain scans found problems in many people with Noonan syndrome
More than half of people with Noonan syndrome had something unusual on a brain scan.
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A new scan dye makes meningiomas easy to see
A new dye used with a PET scan made these brain tumors stand out clearly.
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New guide helps doctors diagnose brain tumors with fewer lab tools
Experts wrote simple steps for naming medulloblastoma when advanced lab tests are hard to get.
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One drug used alone to help hold remission in brain lymphoma
One center reported on using a single drug to help keep brain lymphoma in remission.
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After pituitary surgery, the body often feels better than the mind
People did well physically after this surgery, but mood and energy stayed low.
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One man's lung cancer had two traits that made treatment hard
Doctors share one man's treatment story, not proof that a drug works for others.
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Brain Scans Show Early Changes in Language Areas After Radiation in Children With Medulloblastoma
A small study used brain scans to look for early changes in children's brains after radiation for a brain tumor.
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Ovarian cancer spread to the brain after 19 stable months
A woman's cancer spread to her brain, even though her scans and blood test looked stable.
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A rare fast growing spinal cord tumor in an adult man
Doctors share the story of one adult man with a rare tumor in his spinal cord.
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Surgeons removed a rare brain tumor using a 3D camera system
Doctors used a new kind of surgical camera to fully remove a rare tumor deep in one woman's brain.
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Surgeons used a 3D camera view for two hard-to-reach brain tumors
Doctors report using a new kind of camera, not a microscope, during two brain tumor surgeries.
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A pain pump caused a seizure in a woman with brain metastases
One woman had a seizure after a pain pump was placed, because of pressure in her brain that doctors had not spotted.
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Most seizure trials after brain injury focus on early seizures, not long-term epilepsy
Researchers looked at seizure trials in a public registry and found few tested ways to prevent epilepsy later on.
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A different surgery route for hard to reach pituitary tumors
A surgery that opens one extra space helped more people get normal hormone levels.
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How often meningiomas come back varies from study to study
Numbers about how often a meningioma comes back can change a lot from one study to another.
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A look at CAR-T cell therapy for brain tumors in children
Doctors are testing a therapy that uses a child's own immune cells to fight brain tumors.