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 second, smaller eyelid weight helped one patient close her eye
When one gold eyelid weight was not enough, doctors added a second small one instead of replacing the first.
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Prostate cancer that changed type and spread to the liver and brain
Doctors describe one patient whose prostate cancer changed into a faster growing kind and spread to the liver and brain.
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Melanoma brain tumors act differently in people with a BRAF gene change
In people whose melanoma had a BRAF gene change, brain tumors were more likely to bleed, but took longer to grow back after surgery.
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Testing riluzole for thinking and memory problems after cancer treatment
This trial is testing whether a drug called riluzole can help people whose thinking has changed after cancer treatment.
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Testing tafasitamab with lenalidomide for CNS lymphoma that has come back
This study is testing whether two drugs given together can help people whose lymphoma in the brain or spinal cord has returned.
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Testing repeat radiation for glioblastoma that has come back
This study is testing how to safely give radiation again when a glioblastoma returns after earlier radiation.
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Testing AI That Reads MRI Scans to Help Diagnose Gliomas
This study is testing whether AI can read brain MRI scans well enough to help doctors spot and understand a glioma without a biopsy.
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Testing epcoritamab plus ibrutinib for lymphoma in the brain and spinal cord
This study is testing whether two drugs given together are safe for people with lymphoma in the central nervous system.
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A brain mapping study in people with brain tumors, people with epilepsy, and people without either
This study is trying to map exactly where different jobs, like speech and movement, happen in the brain.
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Testing a T Cell Treatment for People With Glioblastoma
This study is testing a treatment made from a person's own immune cells in people with glioblastoma.
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Testing a Cancer-Fighting Virus With a PD-1 Drug for High-Grade Glioma That Came Back
This trial is testing whether a virus made to attack tumors, given with a PD-1 drug, can help people whose high-grade glioma has come back.
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Adding Spinal Fluid Chemotherapy and Maintenance Chemotherapy for Young Children With HR-EBTs
This study is testing whether young children with a brain tumor called an HR-EBT can safely get extra chemotherapy after their high dose chemotherapy.
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A drug given into the spinal fluid for lung cancer that has spread to the lining of the brain
This trial is testing whether a drug called sacituzumab tirumotecan can be given safely into the spinal fluid when lung cancer has spread to the lining of the brain and spinal cord.
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A shorter 2 week course of radiation for diffuse midline glioma
This trial tests giving radiation over 2 weeks instead of 6 weeks for people with diffuse midline glioma.
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A New Kind of MRI Scan for People With Primary CNS Lymphoma
This study is testing a special MRI scan to see if it can spot brain lymphoma and show how it responds to treatment.
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Looking for tumor cells in blood and spinal fluid in people whose aggressive meningioma has come back
This study checks whether cells from an aggressive meningioma can be found in a person's blood or spinal fluid.
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Deferoxamine put into the spinal fluid for people whose cancer has spread to the lining around the brain and spinal cord
This study is testing whether a drug called deferoxamine is safe when it is put straight into the fluid around the brain and spinal cord.
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Testing thinking and memory training for adults with lower grade glioma
This study is testing whether training used after stroke and head injury can help thinking and memory in people with a brain tumor.
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Newer targeted drugs worked better than standard treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer
A review of past trials found that newer HER2 drugs helped people live longer and caused fewer side effects than older treatment.
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A second brain tumor can appear years after treatment for a first one
Doctors looked at seven people who developed a new, fast growing brain tumor years after being treated for an earlier brain tumor.