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 Review of How Doctors Choose First Treatment for EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer
Doctors are looking at ways to match the first lung cancer treatment to each person's risk, including when the cancer has spread to the brain or spine.
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Brain network patterns are linked to thinking problems and fatigue years after glioma treatment
Years after surgery, people whose brain networks looked more like healthy patterns did better on thinking tests.
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Repeat Radiation for Meningioma That Grew Back
Doctors looked at a special kind of repeat radiation for people whose meningioma came back.
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Why immune treatments struggle against brain tumors
This is a review of why the immune system has a hard time fighting brain and spinal cord tumors.
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Testing whether a smartwatch can catch early warning signs in people with leptomeningeal metastasis
This study tests whether a smartwatch can notice early signs of trouble and alert a person's doctor right away.
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Testing a changed cold virus, DNX-2401, in people whose high-grade glioma has come back
This study is testing a lab-changed cold virus that is built to attack brain cancer cells.
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A pill called erdafitinib was tested in cancers with FGFR gene changes, including brain tumors
A pill helped shrink tumors in a small number of people with glioma whose cancer had a specific gene change.
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Blood and urine markers studied in glioblastoma
Doctors checked whether certain substances in blood and urine could help predict how people with glioblastoma will do.
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Children treated for craniopharyngioma often live with lasting hormone and health problems
Doctors looked back at 18 people treated as children for this brain tumor, and most had lasting hormone problems and a lower quality of life.
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Kidney cancer came back in the brain after more than 2 years of clear scans
One man's kidney cancer returned in his brain, even though scans of the rest of his body stayed clear.
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A dying man's sperm was collected after his death, at his wife's request
This is the story of one man with a brain tumor whose family was able to preserve the chance of having a child, even after he died.
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Bleeding in the brain with targeted cancer drugs
Some targeted cancer drugs can cause bleeding in the brain or inside the tumor, and this review looked at how often that happens.
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A review of brain signal tests used during asleep tumor surgery
Doctors can check some important brain pathways during surgery, even when the patient is fully asleep.
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Blood platelets look different in children with brain tumors
A simple blood draw may one day help doctors spot brain tumors in children.
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A new type of PET scan may help show when a high-grade brain tumor has come back
In a small study, a new scan matched up well with whether a brain tumor was growing again.
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Leftover glowing tumor on all sides may point to a harder path after brain surgery
When surgeons saw glowing tumor left on every wall of the cavity, those patients did worse than patients with little or none left.
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Removing a Small Part of the Nose During Pituitary Surgery Did Not Lower Quality of Life
Taking out a small structure inside the nose to reach a pituitary tumor did not seem to make people feel worse later on.
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A review of sending brain tumor drugs straight through the blood vessels
Doctors are looking at ways to deliver cancer drugs right to a brain tumor instead of through the whole body.
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A woman with a bad skin reaction switched to an older lung cancer pill and did well
One woman had a severe skin reaction to newer lung cancer pills, so her doctors switched her to an older pill, and it worked without the rash coming back.
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Two checks during a brain biopsy, compared
Doctors compared two ways of checking, during surgery, whether a brain biopsy grabbed usable tissue.