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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1634 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
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A review of how fats help cancer grow in the brain
Scientists looked at how cancer that spreads to the brain uses fat to survive there.
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Thinking and memory after CAR T-cell therapy for brain lymphoma
In this study, thinking and memory did not get worse in the year after CAR T-cell therapy.
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A special MRI scan is linked to tumor growth and survival
A special kind of MRI may show more about how a brain tumor is behaving, without surgery.
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A DNA test helped name hard-to-read child brain tumors
When these tumors were hard to name under a microscope, a DNA test helped sort them out.
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A review of targeted scans and treatment for brain tumors
This is a review of where the science stands, not a new treatment.
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A Review of RNA That May Make Brain Tumor Chemo Stop Working
Scientists reviewed how tiny pieces of RNA may make chemo work less well in glioblastoma.
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A Short Survey May Spot Thinking Problems in Brain Tumor Patients
In this study, 29% of people with a brain tumor felt their thinking was not working well.
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A targeted drug helped a baby with a rare spinal cord tumor
One baby with a rare tumor got much better on a drug matched to the tumor's gene change.
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What gut bacteria might mean for glioblastoma
Gut bacteria may affect brain tumors, but nothing here is ready for care today.
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A gene test changed the diagnosis of a child's spinal cord tumor
Doctors used a gene test to correctly name one child's spinal cord tumor.
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A look at the machines used to aim radiation at brain tumors
Doctors have several radiation machines for brain tumors, and no single one is best for everyone.
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What brain scans show after focused ultrasound opens the blood-brain barrier
Scans after this brain procedure often show changes, but those changes did not seem harmful.
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Long-term results of surgery through the nose for a tumor near the eye nerves
Doctors looked back at 92 people who had this kind of brain tumor taken out through the nose.
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A guide for when meningioma tumors need extra lab tests
Doctors studied 1058 meningioma tumors to learn which ones need extra lab tests.
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Two immune drugs made one person's grade 3 meningioma go away
In one person, a hard to treat brain tumor went away and stayed away.
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Quality of Life Was Much the Same Across Glioma Types
Three months in, daily life was about the same for most glioma types.
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A letter about immune treatment for medulloblastoma
This is a short letter from experts about how to test immune treatments for a brain tumor called medulloblastoma.
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A question about using immune drugs earlier in high risk medulloblastoma
This item asks a question about treatment. It does not report new results.
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Why glioblastoma comes back may depend on a gene change
Tumors that come back act differently depending on a gene called TP53.
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A once-a-day pill helped some people with returning CNS lymphoma
A pill called tirabrutinib shrank tumors in many people whose brain lymphoma came back.