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 computer tool tries to predict early death risk in lung cancer that spread to the brain
Researchers built a computer tool that guesses which patients face the highest risk soon after radiation.
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A brain scan spot that looked like tumor but was a vein
A harmless tangle of veins lit up on a brain scan and looked like tumor.
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A faster radiation plan for glioblastoma that comes back
Researchers used computers to test a much faster way to aim radiation at brain tumors that return.
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Why Constant Thirst and Heavy Urination Can Be Hard to Diagnose
Doctors looked at seven patients with constant thirst to find each person's real cause.
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Planning radiation from MRI scans gave nearly the same dose as CT
Radiation plans made from MRI scans alone matched the usual CT-based plans very closely.
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A rare brain lymphoma that first looked like sleepiness and fatigue
One man's brain lymphoma was easy to miss, because his first symptoms were sleepiness and feeling worn out.
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A Rare Fluid Filled Cyst That Looked Like a Nerve Tumor on MRI
A woman's scan looked like a common nerve tumor, but it turned out to be a rare fluid filled sac instead.
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Signs of fast aging did not predict new cancers in childhood cancer survivors
In this study, signs of early aging did not explain who got a new tumor later in life.
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An article about approval delays for IDH-mutant low-grade glioma
We do not have enough of this article to summarize it for you.
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Do Patients Need Seizure Medicine After Brain Tumor Surgery?
Giving seizure medicine to everyone after brain tumor surgery does not seem to prevent seizures.
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A blood vessel marker drops after bevacizumab, and more immune cells move in
In some glioblastoma tumors, a drug called bevacizumab changed the tumor's blood vessels, and more immune cells were found inside the tumor.
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A rare brain tumor in a young child did not fit any known type
Doctors found a brain tumor in a 5-year-old girl that does not match any tumor type on today's official list.
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A computer tool that outlines brain tumors on scans
A computer program learned to outline glioblastoma on brain scans, and two scan types often pointed to different spots.
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A new way to read a special MRI scan may outline brain tumors more clearly
Researchers tested a math method that helps a special MRI scan show where a brain tumor starts and stops.
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Burnout is common in parents caring for a child with a brain tumor
In this survey, 65.8% of parents caring for a child with a brain tumor were burned out.
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A blood protein linked to survival in high risk glioblastoma
A protein in the blood may give a hint about how a glioblastoma will behave, but it is not a treatment.
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A review of internal radiation for glioblastoma, and why it is still rarely used
Doctors looked at why radiation placed inside the brain is still not part of normal glioblastoma care.
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Blood test results before brain tumor surgery may help predict bleeding afterward
Routine blood tests taken before brain tumor surgery may help doctors spot who is more likely to bleed in the brain after the operation.
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A common blood test result was linked to death risk after brain tumor surgery
In a large records review, people with a lower platelet to white blood cell ratio before brain tumor surgery were more likely to die within 30 days after it.
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A scoring tool to tell real tumor growth from a look alike after radiation
Doctors built a computer tool to help tell whether a scan after radiation shows the tumor growing or a false alarm.