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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A new lab test measures a stress chemical in spinal fluid
Researchers built a reliable way to measure a natural body chemical in the fluid around the brain in people whose cancer has spread there.
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Testing selumetinib for adults and children with NF2-related schwannomatosis
This trial is testing a drug called selumetinib in people with NF2-related schwannomatosis.
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Testing an imaging agent to help doctors spot glioma in people with brain tumors
This study is testing whether a special scan can give doctors a clearer look at a brain tumor.
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A study testing nivolumab with relatlimab for melanoma that has spread to the brain
This study is testing whether two immune drugs, given together, can help control melanoma that has spread to the brain.
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Testing metformin and a wearable watch to protect thinking after brain radiation
This study is testing whether a diabetes drug and a wearable watch can help protect thinking skills in people who get radiation to the head.
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Testing two drugs, tucatinib and T-DM1, for HER2-positive cancer that has spread to the brain
This trial is testing whether two drugs used together can help control cancer that has spread to the brain.
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Testing a partnered exercise program for people with brain tumors and their caregivers
This trial is testing whether patients and their caregivers exercising together helps both of them feel better in body and mind.
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Testing new radiation doses with temozolomide chemotherapy for IDH wildtype glioma
This study tests a different way of giving radiation, along with a chemotherapy pill, for a type of brain tumor called IDH wildtype glioma.
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Testing Sodium Thiosulfate to Protect Hearing During Medulloblastoma Treatment
This trial is testing whether an added drug can lower hearing loss from medulloblastoma treatment.
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A long term follow up of people who already received AAVAnc80-antiVEGF gene therapy for a vestibular schwannoma
This study keeps track of how people do over time after they got a gene therapy called AAVAnc80-antiVEGF.
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A study of a drug called NEO212 for brain tumors and cancer that has spread to the brain
This trial is testing a drug called NEO212 in people whose brain tumor has grown, and in people whose cancer has spread to the brain.
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Testing the drug NEO100 in people with high-grade meningioma
This study is testing a drug called NEO100 in people whose high-grade meningioma is still there, has grown, or has come back.
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Testing morning versus evening timing for temozolomide in glioblastoma
This trial is testing whether the time of day you take your temozolomide pill can be set, and what that is like for people with glioblastoma.
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Nimotuzumab added to standard treatment after glioblastoma surgery
This study is testing a drug called nimotuzumab alongside the usual treatment given after brain tumor surgery.
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Testing two drugs together for NF2 tumors that are growing
This study is checking whether two drugs, given together, are safe for people whose NF2 tumors are growing.
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Newer brain surgeons and experts got similar results in awake surgery
Patients operated on by a surgeon in their first years of solo practice did about as well as patients operated on by an expert.
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A fat tissue signal was higher in people with low growth hormone
In a small study, people with low growth hormone had more of a certain protein signal in their belly fat.
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A Close Look at 11 People With Gorlin Syndrome
Doctors studied 11 people with Gorlin syndrome, an inherited condition that raises the risk of certain tumors, including a brain tumor called medulloblastoma.
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Blood tests may hint at what surgeons will find in an ear-nerve tumor operation
A simple blood test before surgery may one day help doctors know what to expect during the operation.
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AI help sped up brain tumor MRI reports and tumor outlining
Doctors finished MRI reports and tumor outlines faster when an AI tool helped them.