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.
Looking for a trial you could join? Research is what has been found. Trials are studies you can take part in now.
1634 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A review of computer programs that read brain scans
Scientists looked at how computer programs help read brain scans for tumors and other brain diseases.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A review of laser therapy for fast growing brain tumors
Doctors can use heat from a laser to destroy brain tumors that are hard to reach.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A new brain spot in a cancer survivor is not always the old cancer
If you had cancer before, a new spot in the brain may be a new tumor, not the old cancer spreading.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Free software that measures brain tumors on scans still needs testing
Free tools can outline brain tumors on scans, but they are not ready for clinics.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A review of newer PET scans used to look at brain tumors
Doctors now have PET scans that can show some brain tumors more clearly than older scans could.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A rare tumor with teeth removed from a boy's pituitary area
Doctors removed a rare, non cancerous tumor from behind a 7 year old boy's nose, and he was doing well a year later.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
In New York City, race, insurance, and borough were linked to recovery after brain tumor surgery
A study found that where patients went after brain tumor surgery in New York City was tied to their race, their insurance, and which borough treated them.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Why glioblastoma is so hard to treat, and what researchers are trying next
Experts explain why this brain tumor is so hard to treat, and what new ideas they are working on.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Meningioangiomatosis is not only a young person's condition
This item says meningioangiomatosis can also affect people who are not young.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A computer model to help predict risk in children with slow growing brain tumors
Researchers built a computer tool that tries to spot which children with a slow growing brain tumor are at higher risk.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Worry and stress may add to dizziness after acoustic neuroma surgery
Many people still feel dizzy after surgery for a vestibular schwannoma, and this study found that anxiety and stress are tied to how bad that dizziness feels.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A closer look at FGFR gene changes in childhood low-grade gliomas
Doctors looked at a small group of childhood brain tumors that have a gene change called FGFR, to learn how these tumors behave and how they might be treated.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A virtual reality therapy for balance problems after childhood brain tumor treatment looks safe in a small first look
A short virtual reality exercise was tested in 12 children who had trouble with balance after brain tumor treatment, and no one had a serious problem from it.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A Second Round of Radiation for Children Whose Brain Tumor Came Back
Children with a brain tumor that grew back lived longer when they got a second round of radiation.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A brain scan before surgery may show which gliomas are likely to grow
A scan that measures blood flow in a brain tumor may help show whose tumor is more likely to grow back soon.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A child had both an optic glioma and a rare inherited condition
Doctors wrote up one child who had a tumor on the nerve between the eye and the brain, plus a rare inherited condition.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
More Brain Tumor Patients Were Sent to Palliative Care Over Seven Years
At one hospital in Brazil, far more people with fast-growing brain tumors were referred to palliative care in 2023 than in 2017.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A breast cancer drug used in everyday care, including some people whose cancer spread to the brain
Doctors in China looked back at 160 people who took a breast cancer drug called dalpiciclib, and most went well over a year before their cancer grew again.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
A gene change in a brain tumor that a blood test did not find
In one woman, a blood test missed a gene change that her brain tumor had.
-
- Lab cells
- Animals
- Review
- Tested in people
Can a blood test help track glioblastoma?
Researchers are testing whether tiny markers in blood or spinal fluid can show how a brain tumor is doing.