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 three-gene test may help spot a rare gene change in glioblastoma
Scientists built a computer test that may help find a rare gene change in some brain tumors.
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A drug mix tested in people with late stage cancer
More people who took an added drug called angiotensin 1-7 were still alive after three years.
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Brain infection after surgery for childhood brain tumors: who is most at risk
Doctors looked back at 116 children who had surgery for a brain tumor at the back of the head, and found that about one in six got an infection around the brain afterward.
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Radiation given during brain surgery did not raise the risk of vein clots
Giving radiation during surgery did not lead to more blood clots in the brain's large veins than the usual radiation given after surgery.
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A Review of MRI Scan Analysis to Predict If a Meningioma Comes Back
This is a review article about using computer analysis of MRI scans to guess whether a meningioma might come back.
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Long-term steroid use before brain tumor surgery is linked to more lung blood clots
Adults who took steroids for a long time before brain tumor surgery had lung blood clots more often afterward.
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First small safety test of a CAR-T cell treatment for glioma that came back
A small first test in people found this CAR-T cell treatment was safe enough to keep studying.
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A brain tumor that was easy to label as the wrong type
Doctors describe one brain tumor whose lab tests could point to the wrong diagnosis.
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A new way to track brain wiring changes after tumor surgery
Doctors tested a scan method that follows how brain wiring shifts after brain tumor surgery.
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One kind of pituitary tumor may come in four types
Scientists studied tumor samples and found that this tumor is really four different types.
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A special scan used to plan surgery helped remove more brain tumor
When surgeons used a special scan to plan glioblastoma surgery, they removed more of the tumor and people lived longer.
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A scan before surgery may hint at a gene change in glioma
A PET/CT scan done before surgery may give doctors an early clue about a gene change inside a glioma.
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New tools try to predict who may get brain metastases from a rare esophagus cancer
Doctors built two charts to estimate the chance that a rare esophagus cancer will spread to the brain.
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A brain tumor that looked like depression in an older woman
One woman's depression turned out to come from a brain tumor that could be removed.
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Certain immune cells linked to longer survival in men with glioblastoma
Men with this brain tumor who have more of one immune cell type may live longer.
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Brain Scan Patterns Linked to Survival After Glioblastoma Treatment
Uneven patterns on routine brain scans may hint at how a person will do after treatment.
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An extra mapping tool may help surgeons remove more brain tumor
Surgeons who used an extra mapping tool during glioma surgery removed more tumor.
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Radiation plus targeted drugs for breast cancer that spread to the brain
In 35 people, brain tumors often shrank or stopped growing with this care.
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A higher radiation dose kept more brain tumors in check
A small step up in radiation dose controlled more brain tumors, but it came with a trade-off.
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What we know so far about the keto diet for glioblastoma
Doctors reviewed the keto diet as an extra help for a brain tumor called glioblastoma.