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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Targeted brain radiation did better than whole-brain radiation in a records review
In a look-back study of lung cancer that spread to the brain, people who got targeted radiation with immune therapy lived longer than people who got whole-brain radiation with immune therapy.
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Review of how people with certain gliomas did after immunotherapy
This review pooled past studies and found people did better when their tumor was newly diagnosed, but it cannot show that immunotherapy was the reason.
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A child's breathing trouble turned out to be sleep apnea
Doctors found a hidden sleep breathing problem in a young child with a brain tumor, and a simple breathing machine helped.
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A newer way to read tumor DNA may help doctors identify brain tumors
Doctors are testing a newer DNA reading tool that may give a clearer picture of what a brain tumor is made of, but it is not ready for everyday care yet.
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Swedish study looks at long-term results after surgery for skull-bone meningiomas
After surgery to remove a meningioma growing in the skull bone and repair the skull, problems and tumor regrowth were common.
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Patients share how they want to be asked about donating tumor tissue
A survey asked 50 people with a brain or spinal tumor how it felt to be asked to donate tissue for research.
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A rare bleed that can show up days after brain tumor surgery
Doctors describe a rare bleed that can appear after brain tumor surgery, in a part of the head away from where the surgery was done.
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Adding brain health visits before radiation did not improve quality of life at 3 months
Extra visits with a brain health specialist did not improve quality of life three months after radiation, but there were hints of help later on.
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Brain scans show how glioma surgery changes brain networks
Scans showed that brain connections weaken after glioma surgery, and that some other areas seem to pick up the slack.
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Two standard treatments for vestibular schwannoma compared
Surgery shrank these tumors right away, and radiation kept them stable, with similar side effects either way.
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A computer tool that tries to predict how well Gamma Knife radiation will work
Researchers built a computer tool that tries to guess ahead of time whether Gamma Knife radiation will keep a brain tumor spot under control.
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Experts ask whether radiation after surgery needs a fresh look
This is an expert opinion piece about future research, not a change to your treatment.
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How long adults with brain and spine cancer lived in one Bangladesh hospital
Doctors looked back at records for 151 adults with brain or spine cancer to see how long they lived.
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World Health Organization reviews whether radio waves and phone signals harm health
Reviews of the research so far did not find that radio waves, like those from mobile phones, raise brain cancer risk in people.
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A computer model to help pick radiation dose for meningioma
Researchers built a computer tool that tries to predict how well radiosurgery will control a meningioma.
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A rare pineal tumor spread and grew back fast in one patient
Doctors report one woman whose rare brain tumor acted more aggressively than this tumor type usually does.
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A gene change may point to who else could try a skin cancer drug
A small look at patients found that a drug used for one skin cancer helped a few people with other cancers, including one brain cancer.
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Thyroid cancer spread to the brain 8 years after treatment in one woman
Doctors report one woman whose thyroid cancer showed up in her brain 8 years after her first treatment.
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A rare skull bone tumor grew large over 5 years and was removed by surgery
A woman had a rare, non-cancerous tumor growing inside her skull bone, and surgery took it out.
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A scan reading tool tries to predict a meningioma marker before surgery
Researchers built a computer tool that studies MRI scans to guess one trait of a meningioma before an operation.