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.
1061 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
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New Chinese Guidelines for Treating Craniopharyngioma in Children
Doctors in China wrote new advice on how to care for children with this brain tumor.
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A computer program learns to outline brain tumors on MRI scans
Researchers tested a computer program that tries to trace the edges of a child's brain tumor on one type of MRI scan.
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An early look at a new brain tumor scan
Doctors are testing a new dye for brain scans, but it is still early.
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A Rare Fast Growing Brain Tumor in a Young Boy
Doctors share the story of one 5 year old boy with a rare brain tumor called pineoblastoma.
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Surgery for tumors in the brain's movement area
People who had surgery moved better six months later than people who had radiation.
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Gene testing of tumors in young patients in Jordan
Doctors studied the genes inside tumors from 14 young patients in Jordan.
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Early cancer drug trials often limit people whose cancer spread to the brain
Most early trials do allow these patients, but the rules are strict.
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A rare blood cancer showed up during long-term lung cancer treatment
One woman on a lung cancer drug got a blood cancer, and a second drug helped.
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Radiation plus immune drugs for lung cancer that spread to the brain
Doctors are studying whether radiation makes immune drugs work better for brain tumors that came from lung cancer.
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No link found between extra temozolomide and living longer
Staying on the drug temozolomide after first treatment was not linked to living longer.
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Comparing Two Kinds of Brain Radiation for Memory and Thinking
This trial compares two ways to treat lung cancer that has spread to the brain.
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Changing radiation doses during treatment for adults with glioma
This study tests whether scans taken during radiation can guide changes to the dose.
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Music Lessons to Help Thinking Skills in Children Who Had Brain Tumors
This study tests if ukulele lessons help children think better after a brain tumor.
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Radiation given before surgery for high grade glioma
This study tests a strong, focused dose of radiation given before brain tumor surgery.
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A first test of the pill AO-252 in people with advanced solid tumors, including tumors that spread to the brain
This study is testing a new pill called AO-252 to see if it is safe and what dose is best.
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Comparing two kinds of radiation for cancer that spread to the fluid around the brain and spine
Doctors are comparing two types of radiation for cancer in the fluid around the brain.
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Testing a drug called C5252 in people with a tumor inside the skull
This trial is testing whether a drug called C5252 is safe for people with a brain tumor.
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A study of a recovery care plan for people having pituitary tumor surgery with a scope
This study looks at a care plan meant to help people recover after pituitary tumor surgery.
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Two drugs tested in adults and children with a BRAF V600 gene change
This trial tests if two known cancer drugs help more cancers that share one gene change.
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Comparing two radiation schedules for cancer that has spread to the brain
This trial compares focused radiation given in 3 treatments to the same kind given in one treatment.