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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Experts call for brain care tools that work as one system
This is an opinion paper about how brain research should be organized, not a new treatment.
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A rare case where a brain tumor grew into the skull bone
Doctors report one man whose brain tumor spread into his skull bone.
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Two small surgeries for fluid-filled brain tumors, compared
Doctors compared two simple ways to drain a fluid pocket in a brain tumor.
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A meningioma found by chance near the hip joint
Doctors found a rare tumor in a woman's pelvis, and it did not grow over a year.
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A tumor protein matched tumor size and brain swelling on scans
Brain tumors with more of a protein called B7-H3 looked bigger on MRI scans.
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Drug treatment given during whole brain radiation did not add serious side effects
In this study, giving drug treatment at the same time as whole brain radiation did not appear to make side effects worse.
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Early trial tests a new drug for breast cancer that has spread to the lining of the brain
A new drug reached the fluid around the brain in a small early trial, and two people stayed stable for months.
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Surgery video shows a way to remove a meningioma through the eye socket
This is a surgery video, not a study, and it shows one way doctors can reach a brain tumor behind the eye.
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How doctors tell real tumor growth from treatment changes
After radiation and chemo, a brain scan can look worse even when the tumor is not actually growing.
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A review of immune cell treatments for children with brain tumors
Researchers looked at all the studies so far on using changed immune cells to fight brain tumors in children.
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Study looks at links between gut bacteria and brain tumors
Researchers used genetic data to look for links between gut bacteria, immune proteins, and brain tumors, but no treatment was tested.
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A special scan may help surgeons remove more of a glioblastoma
Surgeons used a scan of the tumor's chemistry to find its edge, and those patients lived longer.
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Surgery for facial nerve tumors: results from 67 operations
Doctors looked back at 67 surgeries for a rare facial nerve tumor and found that choosing the operation based on how well the face still moved often protected face movement.
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A new way to read MRI scans may tell real tumor growth from a look-alike
Some brain scans look like the tumor is growing when it is not, and this study tested a map that may tell the difference.
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Glioblastoma found by gene tests: what these patients looked like and how they did
Brain tumors diagnosed by gene tests, not by their look under a microscope, showed up differently in patients, but people did not truly live longer once age and health were taken into account.
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Sense of Smell and Daily Life After Nose-Route Skull Base Surgery
After surgery through the nose, some people said their sense of smell bothered them in daily life, even when smell tests came back normal.
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A Type of MRI Scan May Help Predict How Firm a Meningioma Is Before Surgery
A special MRI measure lined up with how firm brain tumors turned out to be during surgery.
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People with craniopharyngioma or CNS germ cell tumor took part in less social activity
A small study found that people with these brain tumors were less socially active and less physically active than healthy people, and that low motivation was part of it.
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Most bright spots on brain scans in children with NF1 stay stable over time
In children with NF1, most bright spots seen on brain scans did not grow or need treatment.
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A rare condition that caused several hormone tumors in one man
Doctors describe one man who had several hormone tumors at the same time.