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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Studying gene changes in children treated for cancer, including brain tumors
This study reads the genes of children with cancer to learn how inherited gene changes shape their illness.
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A study following people with brain tumors treated with STaRT (GammaTiles)
This study collects information on how people with brain tumors do after treatment with STaRT, also called GammaTiles.
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Adding pembrolizumab to Optune and temozolomide for newly diagnosed glioblastoma
This study is testing whether adding a drug called pembrolizumab to standard Optune and chemotherapy helps people with a new glioblastoma diagnosis.
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Testing asciminib with trastuzumab for HER2+ breast cancer that has spread to the brain
This study is testing whether two drugs given together can help brain tumors that came from HER2+ breast cancer.
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WP1066 with radiation for people newly diagnosed with glioblastoma
This study is testing whether adding a drug called WP1066 to radiation helps people with a new glioblastoma diagnosis.
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Temozolomide with or without WSD0922-FU for EGFR-mutant, IDH-wildtype glioblastoma
This trial tests whether adding a drug called WSD0922-FU to temozolomide helps slow this brain tumor down.
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Testing disulfiram before brain surgery in people with high grade glioma
This study is looking at whether an older drug, given before surgery, can make a brain tumor easier for the immune system to fight and cut down on brain swelling.
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Three Drugs Given Together for Glioma That Came Back or Did Not Respond
This study is testing whether three drugs given together can help people whose glioma came back or did not get better with earlier treatment.
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Focused ultrasound to open the blood brain barrier, tested with standard immune therapy for lung cancer that spread to the brain
This study is testing whether focused ultrasound can safely open the blood brain barrier in people getting standard immune therapy for lung cancer that spread to the brain.
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Testing blood sodium at home for children with craniopharyngioma
This item is about doing a blood sodium test at home instead of at the hospital, for children with a brain tumor called craniopharyngioma.
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Chemotherapy still helped older lung cancer patients whose cancer spread to the brain
In a large records study, older adults who got chemotherapy lived longer than those who did not.
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A new way to map movement pathways during brain tumor surgery
Surgeons tried a computer method to better find the brain's movement pathway while removing a tumor.
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Surgery helps sort out what is growing back in a treated brain metastasis
When a treated brain tumor spot starts to grow, surgery can show whether it is cancer coming back or damage from radiation, and it often helps people feel better.
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Long-term results after proton radiation for slow growing brain tumors
Most people were still alive five years after proton radiation for a slow growing brain tumor, but fewer than half were working full time.
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Preventing a serious lung infection in people with brain tumors
Some brain tumor treatments raise the risk of a rare lung infection, and doctors can give a common antibiotic to help prevent it.
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A letter about a computer tool that reads meningioma scans
This is a short letter from experts about a computer program that tries to read brain scans of meningioma.
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A blood and spinal fluid test for cancer in the brain lining is still being studied
Researchers looked at whether tiny particles in spinal fluid or blood could help find cancer that has spread to the lining of the brain and spinal cord.
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A spinal fluid test found a brain tumor in a pregnant woman
Doctors diagnosed a woman's brain tumor by testing the fluid around her brain and spine, so she did not need a brain biopsy.
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A way to seal the bone behind the ear after brain surgery
Surgeons describe how they closed an opening in the bone behind the ear after brain surgery, to stop leaks and infection.
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A check on proposed new rules for grading IDH-mutant astrocytoma
This study checks a proposed new way for doctors to grade a brain tumor called IDH-mutant astrocytoma.