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 phone app for tracking daily life with glioblastoma
A small study tested a phone app that tracks how people with a brain tumor feel day to day.
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A computer tool read MRI scans to guess a tumor gene change
A computer tool tried to guess a tumor gene change from MRI scans.
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Rare tumors found in people with MEN syndromes
Doctors looked back at patient records and found extra tumor types in people with MEN syndromes.
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Strong treatment helped some lymphoma patients whose cancer reached the brain
People whose lymphoma came back in the brain lived longer with strong treatment.
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Radiation for cancer that spread to the brain's memory area
Both kinds of radiation controlled these rare tumors well, but people did not live long.
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A review of four new ways to treat glioblastoma
This paper looks at 4 new treatment ideas for glioblastoma that are still being studied.
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Asking pituitary patients how they feel about their care
Doctors are learning to ask patients how they feel, not just read test results.
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A software tool speeds up radiation planning for brain targets
A new software tool made radiation plans faster, and the plans were a bit tighter.
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Blood platelets may carry clues about glioblastoma
Scientists checked if tiny blood cells show signs that a brain tumor is present.
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A computer tool that uses brain scans and tissue images to flag higher risk gliomas
Researchers built a computer tool to help tell which gliomas are higher risk.
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A computer check for lining up brain scans
Researchers built a computer tool that checks whether two kinds of brain scans line up correctly before radiation treatment.
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Tile radiation after brain surgery may become standard care
This is a short headline about a type of radiation used after brain surgery.
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A look back at prolactinoma care in teens and young adults
Doctors reviewed how 110 young people with a pituitary growth were treated.
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How Doctors and Families Talk About Hope
Doctors and families often talk about hope, even when the news is bad.
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A rare germ infected a brain shunt in one patient
Doctors tell the story of one patient whose brain shunt got a rare infection.
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What happened years after focused brain radiation
People who live a long time after focused brain radiation often need more treatment and more scans.
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Two lab tests did not always agree on tumor type
A stain test and a DNA test gave different answers for some brain tumors.
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Targeted drugs for slow-growing brain tumors in children
Drugs aimed at a tumor's gene change can shrink these tumors, but big questions are still open.
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A new computer method to plan Gamma Knife radiation
A new planning method made Gamma Knife radiation plans shorter and more exact.
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Sudden bleeding inside a vestibular schwannoma
This report is about sudden bleeding inside a tumor called a vestibular schwannoma.