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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Spinal fluid tests may show how lung cancer in the brain will behave
Doctors found signs in spinal fluid and blood that may show how lung cancer in the brain is likely to spread.
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A computer tool that may help tell tumor regrowth from treatment changes on MRI
Researchers built a computer tool that reads brain scans and adds treatment details to help doctors tell regrowth from treatment effects.
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Two patients had both NF1 and multiple sclerosis
Doctors describe two people who had both NF1 and multiple sclerosis, and explain why the two are easy to confuse.
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A drug used for lung cancer shrank brain tumors in one man with prostate cancer
Doctors report that one man's brain tumors got smaller after he was given a drug called lurbinectedin.
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Vaccine trained immune cells were still in the brain after 20 years
In one patient, immune cells trained by a tumor vaccine were still sitting in the brain after 20 years of shots.
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A key immune alarm in glioblastoma looks switched off
Tumor samples suggest that part of the immune alarm system in glioblastoma does not turn on the way doctors hoped.
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A Rare Disease That Can Look Like a Brain Tumor
Three people had a rare disease that looked like a brain tumor on their scans.
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Surgeons used a robotic camera system to remove a small meningioma through a tiny opening
Doctors report on a single surgery where a robotic camera helped them take out a small brain tumor through a very small opening in the skull.
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Two rare growths found on the same side of one patient's brain
Doctors report a patient who had two different growths at once, on the same side.
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A rare pituitary tumor found in a 13-year-old boy
Doctors describe one teenage boy whose sudden headache and very high blood pressure turned out to come from a small tumor in his pituitary gland.
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Hearing loss was the first sign that stomach cancer had spread to the lining of the brain
In one man, sudden hearing loss turned out to be the first sign that his stomach cancer had spread to the lining around his brain.
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Reports of brain inflammation from immune cancer drugs were more common in people with brain metastases
Immune cancer drugs can rarely inflame the brain, and side effect reports were highest in people whose cancer had spread to the brain.
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Shoulder pain and a sticking-out shoulder blade after brain surgery at the back of the head
A man's shoulder problem after brain tumor surgery turned out to be a stretched nerve, not a shoulder injury.
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Detailed MRI patterns predicted outcomes better than tumor size
Researchers looked back at old MRI scans and found that a detailed scan pattern score predicted survival better than simply measuring tumor size.
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A scoring tool to guess who is more likely to have lung cancer spread to the brain
Doctors built a scoring tool to help spot which lung cancer patients may be at higher risk of the cancer spreading to the brain.
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Two drugs used together for glioma that came back
Doctors looked back at 39 people who took two drugs for a brain tumor that returned.
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Brain scan patterns may help spot a gene change in lung cancer
Doctors tested a way to use brain scans to tell if a lung cancer has a gene change that makes some drugs stop working.
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Brain surgery for breast cancer that spread to the brain: who it helps
Surgery to remove brain tumors was linked to longer life, but much of that may come from doctors choosing the healthiest patients for it.
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A first safety test of selinexor added to standard glioblastoma treatment
A small first study found a dose of the drug selinexor that people with new glioblastoma could handle alongside their usual treatment.
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A review of new tests and treatments for brain and nerve conditions
Researchers gathered recent studies on many brain and nerve conditions, including glioblastoma, to see where the science is going.