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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A rare tumor at the back of the brain in one woman
Doctors found a rare tumor at the back of a woman's brain and took all of it out.
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Treating Childhood Craniopharyngioma With a Team Approach
Doctors now aim to remove less of this brain tumor to protect a child's brain function.
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Some Brain Lesions Look Like Oligodendroglioma But Are Not
A tumor that looks like oligodendroglioma under the microscope may turn out to be something else.
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Why some cancers speed up after immune drugs
A few patients get worse fast after starting immune drugs, and this paper asks why.
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A special MRI scan may help tell brain tumor types apart
A newer kind of MRI scan helped doctors tell two brain tumor types apart.
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A risk score may show who needs stronger treatment for brain spread
Doctors checked whether a risk score can show which patients gain from stronger treatment.
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A Computer Tool Judges Glioma Grade From MRI Scans
Researchers tested a computer tool that reads MRI scans to tell how fast-growing a glioma is.
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A brain lymphoma came back in one eye after almost five years
A woman's brain lymphoma came back in her eye years later, and brain scans did not show it.
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Brain tumor patients lived longer when treated at certified cancer centers
A large study in Germany found that people with brain tumors lived longer when they were treated at certified cancer centers.
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A smaller opening in the skull to remove large brain tumors near the smell nerves
Doctors used a small cut along the eyebrow to take out large tumors, and most patients did well.
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Experts review using radiation again when a brain tumor comes back
Radiation doctors looked at what we know about giving radiation a second time.
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Brain tumor care and survival at four hospitals in Ethiopia
Doctors followed 40 people with a fast growing brain tumor to see how they did.
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Blood proteins in brain tumor patients low in vitamin D
This small early study looked at blood proteins in people with brain tumors, and it is not a treatment.
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A rare lung tumor spread to the brain in one older man
Doctors report one patient whose rare lung tumor later spread to his brain.
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One man's lung cancer with a missing SMARCA4 gene
Doctors report on one man whose rare lung cancer shrank fast with chemo, but later spread to his brain.
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A tool to spot lung infection risk after brain tumor surgery
Doctors built a tool that flags who may get a lung infection soon after brain tumor surgery.
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How other health problems affect brain tumor care
This paper says a person's whole body, not just the tumor, matters in glioblastoma care.
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A review of why immune drugs have not worked for glioblastoma
Experts looked at why the body's defenses do not stop this brain tumor.
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Two different tumors found together near the pituitary gland
Doctors found two separate kinds of tumor growing side by side in one woman, and surgery removed them both.
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Fluid buildup before surgery linked to more thinking problems in kids with craniopharyngioma
In a small look back at 27 children treated for a brain tumor called craniopharyngioma, those who had fluid buildup in the brain before surgery did worse on thinking tests.