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.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Brainstem hearing implants restored sound for patients with nerve damage
A hospital looked back at 16 patients who got a hearing implant placed on the brainstem, and all of them could sense sound afterward.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Whole brain radiation alone helped less than other treatments in a lung cancer study
In this study, people with lung cancer that spread to the brain lived longer when they got immunotherapy or focused radiation, not whole brain radiation by itself.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Young adults with a serious cancer diagnosis fall into two coping groups
A study of 155 young adults facing an uncertain or poor cancer outcome found that most were coping fairly well, but about 1 in 5 were struggling and needed more support.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Earlier brain radiation linked to longer control of lung cancer that spread to the brain
In a look back at past patient records, people who got radiation to the brain sooner went longer before the brain tumors grew again.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A new way to see brain tumor tissue during surgery
Doctors tested a special microscope that shows tumor details during surgery, with no dyes or stains.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Focused brain radiation with immunotherapy did better than whole brain radiation in a lung cancer study
People who got focused radiation to their brain tumors plus immunotherapy lived longer than people who got radiation to the whole brain.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A Large Records Study of Prostate Cancer That Spread to the Brain
Prostate cancer rarely spreads to the brain, and this study looked at who it happens to and how they did.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Drinking almost every day was linked to a higher brain tumor risk in a large Korean study
How often people drank alcohol mattered more than how much they drank at one time.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A new scoring tool tries to predict survival after whole brain radiation for lung cancer that spread to the brain
Researchers built a tool that uses MRI scans to estimate how long patients may live after whole brain radiation, but it is not a treatment.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A large records study compares treatments for vestibular schwannoma
In a look back at records from more than ten thousand people with this tumor, those who had surgery were more likely to still be alive after 5 years.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
One man's brain tumor stayed stable for over seven years on nivolumab
In one patient, a drug that wakes up the immune system kept a fast-growing brain tumor from growing again for more than seven years.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Three brain growths thought to be meningiomas turned out to be something else
A woman's brain growths looked like a common tumor, but tests after surgery showed they were something different.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
One child's care for a rare brain tumor, including proton radiation
Doctors describe how they treated a four-year-old girl with a rare and aggressive brain tumor.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Radiation to a tumor and to deep brain areas eased severe face pain in one woman
Doctors used a focused type of radiation to treat one woman's severe face pain, and her pain went away within days.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Glioblastoma Spread Outside the Brain in Three Patients
Glioblastoma almost always stays in the brain, but in rare cases it can spread to other parts of the body.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A brain tumor spread to the brain's outer covering within three months
Doctors describe one patient whose glioblastoma spread fast to the layers that cover the brain, soon after surgery and standard treatment.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Higher grade gliomas showed more blood vessel growth signals
In tumor samples from 50 adults, the more aggressive tumors had more of a protein that helps tumors grow new blood vessels.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A new way to measure glioma on PET scans may add useful information
Doctors looked at whether measuring the whole active area of a brain tumor on a PET scan tells them more than measuring just its hottest spot.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A computer model that predicts survival for lung cancer that has spread to the brain
Researchers built a computer tool that uses routine health details to estimate how long people with this cancer may live.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Ultrasound used during surgery for glial brain tumors
Doctors used ultrasound during brain surgery to help them see the tumor.