Brain Tumor Working Group

Graeme Woodworth, MD

Chief of Neurosurgery

University of Maryland

Co-Chairs

Stephen Bagley, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Current Projects

Matrix Study: The study will produce insights into the differences in analytes across matrices, compare blood and CSF pre- and post-FUS, and evaluate the reproducibility and comparability of assays across analytical sites.

Participating Organizations

Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), Bio-Rad, Children’s National, Focused Ultrasound Foundation, Johns Hopkins, LGC Seracare, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS), New York University (NYU), PreAnalytiX, Quest Diagnostics, Tempus, The Sontag Foundation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California (USC)

Past Deliverables

June 2025: Minimum Technical Preanalytical, Patient, and Clinical Context Data Elements for Cerebrospinal Fluid Liquid Biopsy: Recommendations for Public Database Submissions

Project Co-chairs: Nike Beaubier, Tempus AI & Stephen Bagley, University of Pennsylvania

Meetings

This working group is currently on hold and is not accepting new members at this time.

Special workshops and sessions:

November 2024: In-person workshop