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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Kidney cancer came back in the brain after more than 2 years of clear scans
One man's kidney cancer returned in his brain, even though scans of the rest of his body stayed clear.
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A dying man's sperm was collected after his death, at his wife's request
This is the story of one man with a brain tumor whose family was able to preserve the chance of having a child, even after he died.
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Bleeding in the brain with targeted cancer drugs
Some targeted cancer drugs can cause bleeding in the brain or inside the tumor, and this review looked at how often that happens.
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A review of brain signal tests used during asleep tumor surgery
Doctors can check some important brain pathways during surgery, even when the patient is fully asleep.
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Blood platelets look different in children with brain tumors
A simple blood draw may one day help doctors spot brain tumors in children.
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A new type of PET scan may help show when a high-grade brain tumor has come back
In a small study, a new scan matched up well with whether a brain tumor was growing again.
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Leftover glowing tumor on all sides may point to a harder path after brain surgery
When surgeons saw glowing tumor left on every wall of the cavity, those patients did worse than patients with little or none left.
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Removing a Small Part of the Nose During Pituitary Surgery Did Not Lower Quality of Life
Taking out a small structure inside the nose to reach a pituitary tumor did not seem to make people feel worse later on.
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A review of sending brain tumor drugs straight through the blood vessels
Doctors are looking at ways to deliver cancer drugs right to a brain tumor instead of through the whole body.
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A woman with a bad skin reaction switched to an older lung cancer pill and did well
One woman had a severe skin reaction to newer lung cancer pills, so her doctors switched her to an older pill, and it worked without the rash coming back.
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Two checks during a brain biopsy, compared
Doctors compared two ways of checking, during surgery, whether a brain biopsy grabbed usable tissue.
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A second, smaller eyelid weight helped one patient close her eye
When one gold eyelid weight was not enough, doctors added a second small one instead of replacing the first.
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Prostate cancer that changed type and spread to the liver and brain
Doctors describe one patient whose prostate cancer changed into a faster growing kind and spread to the liver and brain.
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Melanoma brain tumors act differently in people with a BRAF gene change
In people whose melanoma had a BRAF gene change, brain tumors were more likely to bleed, but took longer to grow back after surgery.
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Newer targeted drugs worked better than standard treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer
A review of past trials found that newer HER2 drugs helped people live longer and caused fewer side effects than older treatment.
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A second brain tumor can appear years after treatment for a first one
Doctors looked at seven people who developed a new, fast growing brain tumor years after being treated for an earlier brain tumor.
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A simple lab stain helps spot a rare spinal tumor
A stain called HOXB13 picked out a rare spinal tumor in almost every case, which could help doctors get the diagnosis right.
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Brain tumor types and survival differ by race and ethnicity
A large U.S. study found that the type of brain tumor people get, and how long they live, is not the same across racial and ethnic groups.
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Focused ultrasound changed the size of tiny particles in the blood, not the amount
Opening the brain's protective barrier with sound waves did not push more tumor material into the blood, but it did change the size of tiny particles there.
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How much do doctors' tumor outlines differ before focused brain radiation?
Four doctors drew the edges of the same brain tumors, and their drawings matched closely most of the time.