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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Proton radiation before surgery for high-grade brain gliomas
This study is testing whether it is safe to give proton radiation to a brain tumor before surgery.
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Testing safusidenib for Grade 2 glioma with an IDH1 gene change
This study is testing a drug called safusidenib in people with a Grade 2 brain tumor that has a change in the IDH1 gene.
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Testing metformin for PFA ependymoma that has come back or is growing
This trial is testing a drug called metformin in children and young adults whose PFA ependymoma has come back or is growing.
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Testing an Ultrasound Device With a Study Drug for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
This trial is testing whether a study drug plus a non-invasive ultrasound device can help people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma after their usual treatment.
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Testing digital thinking and memory tests for people with CNS lymphoma or low-grade glioma
This study checks whether thinking and memory tests you take on your own can work as well as the standard tests given by a specialist.
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Testing a new drug called NRG-103 in people whose high-grade glioma has come back or is growing
This trial is testing a new drug, NRG-103, in people whose high-grade glioma has returned or is getting worse.
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A study of how radiation changes brain networks in children with brain tumors
This study uses brain scans to look at how radiation treatment changes the way a child's brain works.
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Testing MRI Scans After Radiation to Catch Brain Spread Early
This trial is testing whether regular brain MRI scans after radiation can find cancer that has spread to the brain before it causes symptoms.
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World Health Organization reviews whether radio waves and phone signals harm health
Reviews of the research so far did not find that radio waves, like those from mobile phones, raise brain cancer risk in people.
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A computer model to help pick radiation dose for meningioma
Researchers built a computer tool that tries to predict how well radiosurgery will control a meningioma.
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A rare pineal tumor spread and grew back fast in one patient
Doctors report one woman whose rare brain tumor acted more aggressively than this tumor type usually does.
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A gene change may point to who else could try a skin cancer drug
A small look at patients found that a drug used for one skin cancer helped a few people with other cancers, including one brain cancer.
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Thyroid cancer spread to the brain 8 years after treatment in one woman
Doctors report one woman whose thyroid cancer showed up in her brain 8 years after her first treatment.
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A rare skull bone tumor grew large over 5 years and was removed by surgery
A woman had a rare, non-cancerous tumor growing inside her skull bone, and surgery took it out.
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A scan reading tool tries to predict a meningioma marker before surgery
Researchers built a computer tool that studies MRI scans to guess one trait of a meningioma before an operation.
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A new way to read PET scans may hint at a glioma's gene type
Researchers looked at brain scans to see if they could tell which gene change a glioma has, without surgery.
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Sending brain tumor samples abroad for gene testing in Jordan
A hospital in Jordan sent brain tumor samples to a lab in Canada for gene testing, and most tests gave a clear answer.
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A brain tumor that looked like a glioma turned out to be a spread from another cancer
Extra lab tests on the tumor tissue changed the diagnosis for one young man, and that changed his care.
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A new tool helps tell scar damage from tumor growth after brain radiation
Doctors built a tool to help tell if a spot on a brain scan is damage from radiation or the tumor growing back.
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One patient with a rare brain lymphoma stayed cancer free for more than 3 years
Doctors report one person with a rare brain lymphoma who stayed in remission for more than 3 years after standard treatment.