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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Breast cancer that returns quickly spreads more often to organs and the brain
In one hospital's records, triple-negative breast cancer that came back within 24 months spread more often to organs and the brain, and treatment held it back for less time.
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Surgeons removed a brain tumor through a small cut in the eyebrow
Doctors took out a woman's brain tumor through a small opening above her eyebrow, and she kept her normal brain function.
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Old leukemia came back as a brain mass that looked like a common tumor
In one woman, a brain mass that looked like a common, slow-growing tumor turned out to be her past leukemia coming back.
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A planned study will test if AI can predict where glioblastoma comes back
This is a plan for a future study, not a result, and it does not test any new treatment.
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A woman's personality changed after brain tumor surgery, then got better
After surgery for a brain tumor, one woman's personality changed for a while, and it improved with treatment.
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A rare kind of meningioma that looked mostly like a fluid-filled sac
Doctors describe one man whose brain tumor did not look the way this tumor type usually looks on scans.
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The body's immune system can turn against CAR T cell therapy for diffuse midline glioma
Researchers found one reason a new cell therapy for this brain tumor stops working: the patient's own immune system attacks the treatment.
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Spinal fluid tests may show how lung cancer in the brain will behave
Doctors found signs in spinal fluid and blood that may show how lung cancer in the brain is likely to spread.
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A computer tool that may help tell tumor regrowth from treatment changes on MRI
Researchers built a computer tool that reads brain scans and adds treatment details to help doctors tell regrowth from treatment effects.
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Two patients had both NF1 and multiple sclerosis
Doctors describe two people who had both NF1 and multiple sclerosis, and explain why the two are easy to confuse.
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A drug used for lung cancer shrank brain tumors in one man with prostate cancer
Doctors report that one man's brain tumors got smaller after he was given a drug called lurbinectedin.
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Vaccine trained immune cells were still in the brain after 20 years
In one patient, immune cells trained by a tumor vaccine were still sitting in the brain after 20 years of shots.
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A key immune alarm in glioblastoma looks switched off
Tumor samples suggest that part of the immune alarm system in glioblastoma does not turn on the way doctors hoped.
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A Rare Disease That Can Look Like a Brain Tumor
Three people had a rare disease that looked like a brain tumor on their scans.
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Surgeons used a robotic camera system to remove a small meningioma through a tiny opening
Doctors report on a single surgery where a robotic camera helped them take out a small brain tumor through a very small opening in the skull.
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A rare pituitary tumor found in a 13-year-old boy
Doctors describe one teenage boy whose sudden headache and very high blood pressure turned out to come from a small tumor in his pituitary gland.
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Hearing loss was the first sign that stomach cancer had spread to the lining of the brain
In one man, sudden hearing loss turned out to be the first sign that his stomach cancer had spread to the lining around his brain.
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Reports of brain inflammation from immune cancer drugs were more common in people with brain metastases
Immune cancer drugs can rarely inflame the brain, and side effect reports were highest in people whose cancer had spread to the brain.
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Shoulder pain and a sticking-out shoulder blade after brain surgery at the back of the head
A man's shoulder problem after brain tumor surgery turned out to be a stretched nerve, not a shoulder injury.
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Detailed MRI patterns predicted outcomes better than tumor size
Researchers looked back at old MRI scans and found that a detailed scan pattern score predicted survival better than simply measuring tumor size.