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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1634 item(s). Early-stage animal and lab research is hidden. Tick the box above to include it.
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What has changed for lung cancer that spreads to the lining of the brain
Doctors say this spread of lung cancer, once seen as the end, can now be treated in some people.
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Three unusual tumors found near the tailbone in Currarino syndrome
Doctors found three different kinds of tumor in people born with a rare spine condition.
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What makes a meningioma come back after surgery
Doctors looked back at surgeries for a brain tumor called a meningioma to see who had it come back.
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An Eye That Kept Turning Outward Led Doctors to a Brain Tumor
A brain tumor was the real cause of an eye that kept turning outward.
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Why some patients do not wake up well during awake brain surgery
Doctors found a brain scan sign that may warn when a patient will not wake up well during surgery.
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Surgery video shows removing a skull base tumor that came back
This is a teaching video of one surgery, not a new treatment.
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Targeted pills for lung cancer that spread to the brain
Pills that target gene changes may still help when lung cancer spreads to the brain.
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A look at how computers are being used to predict brain tumor outcomes
Researchers are testing computer programs that try to predict how a brain tumor will behave.
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Few Glioblastoma Caregivers Say Palliative Care Was Part of Their Care
In this survey, most caregivers said palliative care was never brought up.
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A Review of Brain Tumor Trials Today
This paper looks at why brain tumor trials have been slow to help patients.
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A pituitary tumor was the first sign of a rare gene syndrome
One woman's brain gland tumor turned out to be the first sign of a rare inherited syndrome.
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A guide for doctors on brainstem gliomas in adults
Experts pulled together what is known about brain stem tumors in adults, so doctors can plan care better.
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Experts look at how radiation and new IDH pills fit together
Doctors are still working out the best way to mix radiation with a newly approved brain tumor pill.
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Proton Therapy May Protect Immune Cells During Radiation
Radiation can lower your white blood cells, and proton therapy may spare more of them.
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A look at drug options for meningioma
Doctors reviewed which drugs may help when a meningioma keeps coming back.
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New ways to plan brain tumor drug trials
This paper looks at how brain tumor studies are built, not at a new drug.
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Looking for tests that show who immune treatments can help
Doctors want simple tests that show which brain tumor patients immune treatments may help.
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A look at how robots are used in brain surgery
Researchers gathered 51 studies on robots used in brain surgery.
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Using radiation a second time when a brain tumor comes back
Doctors sometimes give radiation again when a fast growing brain tumor returns.
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Two doses of bevacizumab worked about the same for brain swelling
A lower dose of this swelling drug worked about as well as a higher dose.