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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Adults had more side effects than children from the same brain tumor treatment
Adults on treatment plans built for children had more side effects, but lived just as long.
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Brain network connections and survival in diffuse midline glioma
We could not write a summary of this study, because the source text was not available.
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Blocking a tumor's blood supply before surgery in a rare brain tumor
Doctors blocked the blood flow to a rare brain tumor before surgery, and the surgery went well in a small number of reported cases.
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A sedative drug used during brain surgery in a patient with severe lung disease
This is a report about one patient's brain surgery, and only the title is available.
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Focused radiation kept craniopharyngioma tumors in check for years
Most people in this study still had their tumor under control 10 years after focused radiation.
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A benign nerve tumor near the brain later turned out to be cancer in one rare case
Doctors describe one woman whose leftover benign nerve tumor was found to be cancer four years later.
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A brain tumor that first showed up as changes in mood and behavior
In this report, a man's brain tumor first showed itself through changes in his behavior and mood, not through the symptoms people usually expect.
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A New Way to Read Brain Scans Tries to Tell Tumor Types Apart
Researchers tested a computer method that studies MRI scans to guess a brain tumor's type before surgery.
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A one sided spine surgery used for tumors in five children
Doctors used a smaller spine operation to reach spinal cord tumors in five children, and none of the children later needed treatment for a spine problem.
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A new MRI scan may help tell tumor growth from treatment effects
Doctors tested a special MRI scan to see if it can tell whether a spot on a brain scan is the tumor growing back or just changes from treatment.
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How often advanced breast cancer spreads to the brain
In a large Austrian records study, 477 of 2775 people with advanced breast cancer had the cancer spread to the brain.
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A new score to help predict outlook when thyroid cancer spreads to the brain
Doctors built a simple score to help judge what to expect when thyroid cancer spreads to the brain.
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How doctors use BRAF drugs for brain tumors
Some brain tumors have a change in a gene called BRAF, and there are approved drugs for those tumors.
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Prostate cancer that spread to the brain lining looked like a different tumor
In one man, a growth on the covering of his brain turned out to be prostate cancer that had spread.
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A scan before surgery helped plan the tissue patch size
A CT scan gave a close guess of how long a tissue patch needed to be.
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Rethinking routine stomach pills for people with glioblastoma
Doctors often add a stomach acid pill with steroids, and this paper says that habit needs a second look.
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A bright spot on a smoker's scan was not cancer
A spot that lit up on a scan turned out to be a harmless growth, not cancer.
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A spinal tumor came back years later and was hard to name
One woman's spinal tumor returned long after treatment, and doctors learned the first diagnosis needed more testing.
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Telling Two Similar Brain Tumors Apart Is Hard in Some Countries
Two brain tumors can look alike, and mixing them up can lead to the wrong care.
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Why radiation often fails to stop glioblastoma
This paper looks at why glioblastoma resists radiation and comes back.