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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Two Tumor Markers Linked to More Aggressive Meningiomas
Two markers found in tumor tissue may show how aggressive a meningioma is.
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Timing of brain radiation and immune drugs may matter
In this study, people lived longer when immune drugs came soon after brain radiation.
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Brain tumor study rethinks how language works in the brain
A study of 115 people with brain tumors found that language uses more brain areas than once thought.
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How DNA Tags Help Doctors Sort Brain Tumors
A lab test that reads chemical tags on DNA can help doctors tell brain tumors apart.
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Blood tests after brain tumor surgery may predict a longer ICU stay
Simple blood tests right after surgery may show who will need more ICU days.
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What we know so far about the keto diet and cancer treatment
Early research asks if a very low carb diet helps cancer treatment work better.
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A study of two tumor markers across glioma grades
Doctors looked at two lab markers in 90 brain tumors to see how they match the tumor's grade.
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How a tumor sample is taken can change the test result
The way tissue is collected affects how well a lab test can name a brain tumor.
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PET scan computer tools may help tell tumor growth from treatment changes
Researchers looked at whether computer analysis of PET scans can tell if a glioma is growing back or just changing from treatment.
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A review of gene therapy research for glioblastoma
Scientists are testing ways to deliver genes into brain tumors, but this work is still mostly in research stages.
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A rare brain tumor found with a DNA test after a leukemia history
Doctors used a special DNA test to name a rare brain tumor in one young patient when the usual lab tests could not.
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A certain immune cell pattern is linked to longer survival in glioblastoma
In this study, people whose brain tumors had more of one kind of immune cell lived longer.
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Why Choroid Plexus Tumors Are Hard to Diagnose
Doctors reviewed how these rare brain tumors are told apart, because getting the right diagnosis can be tricky.
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People with a slow growing lymphoma in the brain or spine are living longer
In this study, most people with this rare cancer were still alive five years after diagnosis.
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Small errors in radiation equipment can change the dose to brain tumors
A study checked how small mistakes in radiation equipment and patient position change the dose that reaches brain tumors.
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Experts review the limits of AI in reading brain tumor tissue
AI tools are not yet ready to study tissue from cancer that has spread to the brain.
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A glowing dye used during surgery for a nerve tumor near the ear
Doctors looked back at 55 surgeries where a dye was used to help the surgeon see the tumor, and the dye looked safe.
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About one in six people get new hormone problems after pituitary tumor surgery
In a review of past studies, most people did not get a new hormone problem after surgery for a pituitary tumor, but about one in six did.
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Brain tumor survival at one hospital in Morocco
People who got the full course of treatment lived longer than those who did not.
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Testing tumor tissue during surgery let doctors remove less of a boy's brain tumor
Doctors checked the tumor under a microscope during the operation, so they only had to take out a small part of it.