 Georges Mathé was the first President of GECA, from its creation in 1962 until 1965 and GECA became EORTC in 1968.In 1970, he was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh.He also played a crucial role in the creation of the ARC in 1962, the INSERM in 1964, the CIRC in 1965, and the SMIC in 1975 which became the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in 1980.