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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1634 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 AI is being used in brain cancer care
This paper looks at how computers are learning to help doctors with brain cancer.
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More tumor spots in the brain can mean more radiation to healthy brain
When cancer has spread to many spots in the brain, more healthy brain tends to get a small dose of radiation.
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Two targeted drugs helped one man with a rare brain tumor
In one man, a rare brain tumor shrank for a while on two targeted drugs.
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Surgery plan for one large skull base tumor, guided by blood vessels and swelling
Doctors describe how they planned surgery for one man with a large brain tumor near his optic nerves.
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Some meningiomas can look like gliomas on brain scans
A small number of brain tumors that look like gliomas on scans turn out to be meningiomas instead.
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When Seizures Can Look Like a Growing Brain Tumor
Getting worse after glioma treatment does not always mean the tumor is growing.
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A review of optic pathway gliomas and the genes behind them
Doctors looked back at what is known about slow growing tumors on the eye nerves.
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A rare fast growing brain tumor in a teen with NF1
Doctors found a rare, fast growing brain tumor in a teenager with NF1.
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A look at treatment ideas aimed at the p53 gene in brain tumors
This is a review of research ideas, not a new treatment.
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A special MRI test may help tell brain tumors from look-alike spots
A special MRI scan may help doctors tell a brain tumor from a look-alike spot.
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A computer tool tries to guess who may get brain tumors after lung cancer surgery
Researchers built a computer tool that reads tumor slides to guess who may later get brain tumors.
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A shared way to name skull base tumors
Doctors built one shared naming system for meningiomas at the base of the skull.
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A PET scan found measurable tumor in more people than MRI did
A scan called PET spotted tumor that doctors could measure in far more people than MRI did.
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How doctors use targeted drugs for a rare brain tumor
In most of these patients, the tumor got smaller with targeted drugs.
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A rare brain tumor in a boy was first mistaken for another problem
Doctors report on a boy whose rare brain tumor was missed at first.
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A computer tool that outlines brain tumors on MRI scans
Researchers tested software that maps a tumor and the brain around it on MRI scans.
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Progesterone use is linked to vision problems in women with meningioma
Women with meningioma who used progesterone had more vision problems.
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Two tools tested to tell brain tumor from healthy tissue during surgery
Doctors tried two tools to help find where a brain tumor ends during surgery.
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A world count of brain and spine cancer, 1990 to 2021
More people around the world are living with brain and spine cancer, and the harm is not shared evenly.
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Bigger pituitary tumors linked to more hormone problems after surgery
After pituitary tumor surgery, people with larger tumors more often had low hormone levels.