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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MRI scans may help tell tumor growth from radiation damage
A special way of reading MRI scans helped doctors tell a returning tumor from scar-like damage caused by radiation.
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How much tumor is removed and seizures in children
Children who had most of their brain tumor taken out were more likely to be free of seizures.
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Where a brain tumor sits and how far it spreads may help predict outcomes
A study found that glioblastomas spreading into more parts of the brain were linked to shorter survival.
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AI helped with a brain tumor surgery in the UK
A news headline says AI helped in a brain tumor surgery, but no details were shared.
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A special MRI scan can show how stiff a brain tumor is
Doctors are studying a scan that shows how soft or stiff a brain tumor is.
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Rare pineal brain tumors look alike in children and adults
A study of rare brain tumors found that children and adults share the same two tumor types.
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Four Approved ALK Lung Cancer Pills Compared in Patient Records
Doctors looked back at records of 1623 people to compare four approved pills.
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Going back to cancer treatment after brain surgery
Most people in this study went back to cancer treatment soon after brain surgery.
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How Glioblastoma Care and Survival Changed in the US
People with glioblastoma are living a bit longer, and those who got surgery, radiation, and chemo lived the longest.
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A Tool Using Spinal Fluid Tests May Help Spot Lung Cancer Spread Near the Brain
Researchers built a tool that may help doctors notice when lung cancer has spread to the fluid and lining around the brain.
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A rare pituitary tumor found in a woman with half a thyroid
Doctors found a rare pituitary gland tumor in a woman born with only one thyroid lobe.
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A pill called anlotinib in brain cancer that came back
A small study looked at a pill for brain tumors that grew back after other treatments stopped working.
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Rebuilding the scalp after a meningioma and radiation
Doctors used tissue from a woman's back to close a large wound on her head that would not heal.
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Testing Everyone's Hearing Is a Poor Way to Find Ear Nerve Tumors
Uneven hearing loss is common, but this ear nerve tumor is rare.
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Ways to Keep CAR-T Cells From Wearing Out in Brain Tumors
Researchers looked at 5 ways to help immune cell therapy last longer against glioblastoma, a brain tumor.
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Brain Radiation Shrinks Small Memory Areas Over a Year
After brain radiation, small memory areas of the brain got smaller over the first year.
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Brain tumor care needs special coordination, health staff say
Health workers who guide brain tumor care say the job takes special skills and more support than they get.
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Past whole brain radiation linked to more brain changes after focused radiation
People who had whole brain radiation before had more brain changes after focused radiation.
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A computer model tries to predict which brain spots grow back after Gamma Knife
Doctors built a computer tool to guess which treated brain spots may come back.
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A brain scan method that may lower the need for dye
Doctors are testing a way to measure blood flow in brain tumors without injecting dye.