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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Where CAR T cell therapy stands for glioblastoma
Doctors are testing a new immune cell treatment for glioblastoma, but it is still early.
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A look back at a brain scan method for glioma
Doctors reviewed what is known about a brain scan called BOLD MRI in people with glioma.
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A frameless way to take brainstem tumor samples in children
Doctors compared three ways to take a tiny tissue sample from a child's brainstem.
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A computer tool uses MRI scans to sort glioma patients by likely outcome
Researchers built a computer tool that reads MRI scans to guess who may do better after chemo.
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A rare brain tumor came back long after surgery
One woman's rare brain tumor came back 27 months after surgery removed all of it.
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Tiny brain spots turned out to be spreading lung cancer
A man's brain scan looked like an infection, but it was cancer that had spread.
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A guide for doctors on cancer spread that head MRI can miss
This teaching guide helps doctors notice cancer spread that head MRI scans often miss.
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Many small ear nerve tumors may not need scans for life
Some people with a small ear nerve tumor may be able to stop regular MRI scans.
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A blood test that may help tell brain tumors apart
Researchers built a blood test to help spot and tell apart brain tumors, but it is still being worked out.
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A computer tool that tries to predict if a brain tumor comes back
Doctors built a computer tool to guess which tumors return after surgery.
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Many people with malignant meningioma miss radiation after surgery
Radiation after surgery is advised for this tumor, but most people in this study did not get it.
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Older adults with lung cancer in the brain lived longer with chemo
Older patients who got chemo lived longer than those who got no treatment at all.
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A computer tool to help doctors read brain tumor gene tests
Doctors built a computer tool that puts brain tumor gene information in one place.
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What doctors tried next after one breast cancer drug stopped working
Doctors looked at a mix of three drugs given after another drug stopped helping.
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A look at drugs that target EGFR in glioblastoma
Drugs aimed at a common gene change in glioblastoma have not helped people live longer.
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Using Ketone Diets to Target Brain Tumors
Doctors are studying special diets that change the fuel your body runs on.
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The shape of dead tissue on brain scans may hint at outlook
How dead tissue looks inside a glioblastoma may signal how the illness will go.
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A newly described brain tumor type with long survival
Doctors found a brain tumor type that can look scary but often lets people live many years.
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After brain surgery, one man stopped noticing one side
A man had surgery for a brain tumor and then began to miss things on one side.
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Where a brain tumor sits may affect eating after surgery
People with tumors at the lower back of the brain had the most trouble eating by mouth after surgery.