 Mathé died on October 15, 2010, at the Villejuif Hôpital Paul-Brousse, in France.The Georges Mathé Award was launched on March, 2010 by the Institut du Cancer et d'Immunogénétique (ICIG), to promote the therapeutic innovations and translational research initiated by Professor Georges Mathé.This annual distinction rewards a young researcher who has demonstrated audacity and originality in his / her work on the development of experimental and therapeutic research in the fields of cancer and immunology.