{
  "id": 16741029,
  "title": "Spinal fluid DNA testing may clarify brain tumor diagnoses when MRI leaves questions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/spinal-fluid-dna-testing-may-clarify-brain-tumor-diagnoses-when-mri",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T11:40:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-spinal-fluid-dna-brain-tumor.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology suggests that analyzing DNA in cerebrospinal fluid could provide another source of information when MRI cannot provide a clear brain tumor diagnosis or obtaining tissue through biopsy is difficult or potentially unsafe.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}