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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Where people live may affect glioblastoma care and survival
People with glioblastoma who lived in rural areas got key treatments less often.
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Immune drugs given into spinal fluid looked safe in early reports
Adding immune drugs straight into the spinal fluid did not add more serious side effects.
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Speech changes before surgery may point to speech loss after
Some children with brain tumors already sound different before surgery, and that may matter.
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A rare gene change may help some brain tumors grow fast
Doctors studied two people whose brain tumors had a rare gene change and grew very fast.
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A special scan used to plan surgery may help people with glioblastoma live longer
Using a special scan to plan brain tumor surgery may help people with glioblastoma live longer, but this is not proven.
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A review of treatments for glioblastoma that comes back
Doctors compared drugs for glioblastoma that returns, and none clearly helped people live longer.
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Cancer cells found in a stroke clot led doctors to a hidden lung cancer
In one man, testing the clot from his stroke uncovered a lung cancer nobody knew about.
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Removing More of the Tumor Linked to Fewer Early Returns
People who had all of the visible tumor removed were more likely to stay free of a return.
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A look at schwannomatosis in kids and young adults
Doctors reviewed scans and records of 38 young people with a tumor condition called schwannomatosis.
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A close look at the edge of a glioblastoma tumor
Glioblastoma often grows back at the edge of where the tumor was.
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New drugs aim at a hard-to-treat lung cancer gene change
Experts looked at new drugs being built for a lung cancer gene change called L858R.
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A surgery route for a rare tumor deep in the skull
Five people had a rare, hard to reach brain tumor removed with this surgery route.
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A review of brain tumors in babies and young children
Doctors pulled together what is known about brain tumors in children under 3 years old.
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Two drugs and meningioma risk, and when a side effect is worth mentioning
This item asks how often a side effect must happen before it is worth mentioning.
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A closer look at how two brain tumor types are told apart
This paper looks at how doctors sort two kinds of brain tumors.
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A second round of radiation for children with DIPG
Children who got a second round of radiation lived longer than those who did not.
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A hormone test may find a hidden thyroid problem in people with pituitary tumors
A hormone test may help doctors spot a thyroid problem linked to a pituitary tumor.
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A computer program used brain scans to guess where a cancer started
A computer program read brain MRI scans and often guessed right about where the cancer began.
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Two brain MRI scans show melanoma spots differently
Which brain scan shows a spot best may depend on what the spot is made of.
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A computer tool that measures meningioma tumors on brain scans
Researchers built a computer tool that outlines brain tumors on scans by itself.