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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Surgery removed a rare spinal tumor found between the layers of the spinal cord's covering
Doctors fully removed a rare spinal tumor in one man, and his symptoms went away.
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A plan to study whether peer support eases fear in people with glioma
Researchers wrote a plan to check if support from other patients helps ease the fear that a brain tumor will get worse.
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What patients, caregivers, and surgeons think about computer programs that predict glioblastoma outcomes
Researchers asked patients, caregivers, and brain surgeons how they feel about a computer program that tries to predict how glioblastoma will go.
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Why the immune system has a hard time fighting glioblastoma
Glioblastoma tumors build a shield around themselves that keeps the immune system from attacking.
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A review of CAR-T cell therapy for glioblastoma
Scientists are working on immune cell treatments for glioblastoma, but the newer version has only been tested in the lab and in animals.
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A special MRI may show brain tumor regrowth early
A research scan found changes in brain tissue that still looked normal, months before a tumor came back in that spot.
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An antifungal pill reached brain tumor tissue in a very small first test in people
A drug normally used for fungal infections got into brain tumor tissue in a tiny early trial, but it was far too small to show if it helps anyone.
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Identical twins both developed a high grade brain tumor and shared inherited gene changes
Doctors report on identical twins who both got a fast growing brain tumor and carried the same inherited gene changes.
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A look at two ways surgeons remove an acoustic neuroma
This review compares using a tiny camera during surgery with using a surgical microscope, and finds both can work well.
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A rare spreading tumor bled and looked like bleeding in the brain
Doctors describe a rare tumor that spread, bled, and looked like a brain bleed.
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A computer tool outlines brain tumors on MRI scans more accurately
Researchers built a computer program that traces the shape of a brain tumor on MRI scans, and it traced them more accurately than an older program.
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A sugar scan may help show if a spinal cord spot is a tumor
A common scan called FDG PET/CT often lit up when a spinal cord spot was a tumor, and stayed quiet when it was swelling.
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Why glioblastoma tumors keep changing and stop responding to treatment
This review explains why glioblastoma tumors change over time and become harder to treat.
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A computer tool tries to predict brain spread in small cell lung cancer
Researchers built a computer tool that estimates who is likely to already have small cell lung cancer spread to the brain when they are first diagnosed.
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Comparing three lab tests used to check meningioma tumors
Doctors can use different lab tests on a meningioma, and this study found they do not always agree.
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A newer MRI scan may help judge meningioma tumors before surgery
Doctors tested a special MRI scan to see if it could tell how aggressive a meningioma is before surgery.
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Body Image Worries Are Common Years After Cancer in Young Adults
Many young adults still feel unhappy with their bodies years after a cancer diagnosis.
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Brain invasion alone may not make a meningioma a higher grade tumor
A large look back at patient records suggests that one warning sign, on its own, does not tell how likely a meningioma is to come back.
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Order of brain radiation and drug treatment in lung cancer that spread to the brain
In a large look back at past patient records, starting drug treatment before brain radiation was linked to a slightly higher risk of dying.
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A targeted drug was linked to better results in one type of lymphoma
In a look back at past patient records, people with a specific type of lymphoma who got a BTK inhibitor drug went longer without their cancer getting worse.