How were initial group of medical Centers that will be participating selected?
The initial group of medical centers is based on four criteria: (1) a large number of pediatric brain tumor patients operated on each year; (2) strong scientific research community with experience in the analysis of molecular data; (3) documented high quality clinical data management within a multi-institutional collaboration; (4) institutional agreement to participate by members of the neurosurgery, pathology, and neuro-oncology faculty.