"Brain Neoplasms" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Neoplasms of the intracranial components of the central nervous system, including the cerebral hemispheres, basal ganglia, hypothalamus, thalamus, brain stem, and cerebellum. Brain neoplasms are subdivided into primary (originating from brain tissue) and secondary (i.e., metastatic) forms. Primary neoplasms are subdivided into benign and malignant forms. In general, brain tumors may also be classified by age of onset, histologic type, or presenting location in the brain.
| Descriptor ID |
D001932
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.614.250.195 C10.228.140.211 C10.551.240.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Brain Neoplasms- Brain Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Brain
- Brain Neoplasm
- Neoplasm, Brain
- Brain Tumors
- Brain Tumor
- Tumor, Brain
- Tumors, Brain
Brain Cancer- Brain Cancer
- Brain Cancers
- Cancer, Brain
- Cancers, Brain
- Malignant Neoplasms, Brain
- Brain Malignant Neoplasm
- Brain Malignant Neoplasms
- Malignant Neoplasm, Brain
- Cancer of Brain
- Cancer of the Brain
- Neoplasms, Brain, Malignant
- Brain Neoplasms, Malignant
- Brain Neoplasm, Malignant
- Malignant Brain Neoplasm
- Malignant Brain Neoplasms
Brain Tumor, Recurrent- Brain Tumor, Recurrent
- Brain Tumors, Recurrent
- Recurrent Brain Tumor
- Recurrent Brain Tumors
Malignant Primary Brain Tumors- Malignant Primary Brain Tumors
- Primary Malignant Brain Tumors
- Malignant Primary Brain Neoplasms
- Primary Malignant Brain Neoplasms
- Brain Neoplasms, Malignant, Primary
- Brain Neoplasms, Primary Malignant
Benign Neoplasms, Brain- Benign Neoplasms, Brain
- Benign Neoplasm, Brain
- Brain Benign Neoplasm
- Brain Benign Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Brain, Benign
- Brain Neoplasms, Benign
- Benign Brain Neoplasm
- Benign Brain Neoplasms
- Brain Neoplasm, Benign
Brain Tumor, Primary- Brain Tumor, Primary
- Brain Tumors, Primary
- Primary Brain Tumor
- Primary Brain Tumors
- Neoplasms, Brain, Primary
- Brain Neoplasm, Primary
- Brain Neoplasms, Primary
- Primary Brain Neoplasm
- Primary Brain Neoplasms
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 1999 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2000 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2002 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2004 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2005 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2008 | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| 2009 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2010 | 31 | 3 | 34 |
| 2011 | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4 | 33 |
| 2014 | 38 | 5 | 43 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4 | 41 |
| 2016 | 35 | 2 | 37 |
| 2017 | 38 | 4 | 42 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4 | 37 |
| 2019 | 50 | 1 | 51 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4 | 36 |
| 2021 | 43 | 0 | 43 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3 | 31 |
| 2023 | 38 | 2 | 40 |
| 2024 | 32 | 8 | 40 |
| 2025 | 42 | 1 | 43 |
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain Neoplasms" by people in Profiles.
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Discontinuation of combo immunotherapy and outcome of patients with melanoma brain metastases. J Immunother Cancer. 2026 May 04; 14(5).
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Intracranial mesenchymal tumor, FET::CREB fusion-positive: An integrative analysis of 81 cases. Neuro Oncol. 2026 Apr 01; 28(4):939-951.
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Diffuse pediatric-type high grade glioma, RTK1 subtype, subclass C with SYN2::PPARG fusion in an older adult. CNS Oncol. 2026 12; 15(1):2641996.
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Androgen activity in the male embryonic hindbrain drives lethal PFA ependymoma. Nature. 2026 04; 652(8110):763-773.
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Synergistic Effects of Honokiol on Camptothecin-triggered Apoptosis of Drug-resistant Glioblastoma Cells via CDK1-mediated G2/M Arrest and Intrinsic ROS-Mitochondrion-dependent Pathway. Anticancer Res. 2026 Feb; 46(2):633-649.
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Optimizing and evaluating robustness of AI for brain metastasis detection and segmentation via loss functions and multi-dataset training. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2026 Jan 06; 12(1).
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Clinical Correlates of Anxiety and Depression After Diagnosis of a Pediatric Brain Tumor. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2026 Feb; 73(2):e70065.
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Pediatric-Type Diffuse Low-Grade Gliomas with MYB Alterations: Neuroimaging of the Diffuse Astrocytomas, MYB- or MYBL1-Altered. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Dec 04; 46(12):2638-2644.
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Characterization of the tumor microbiome of brain metastases and glioblastoma reveals tumor-type-specific and location-specific microbial signatures. Nat Cancer. 2025 Nov; 6(11):1761-1776.
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Microbial signals in primary and metastatic brain tumors. Nat Med. 2025 Nov; 31(11):3675-3688.