The CGO, an "external" organisation from 2003 to 2008, wished to adopt an appropriate legal status taking into account its tasks and the type of player participating in its operation. The GIP appeared as the most relevant form proposed by the trustees, the French Ministry of Research and INCa.

Thus the GIP CGO was created so that the public and private bodies which wanted to subscribe to this programme undertake research and technological development activities together.

The GIP is made up of:

Research and Teaching Establishments Group

University of Angers
University of Western Brittany
University of La Rochelle
University of Maine
University of Nantes
University of Orleans
University of Poitiers
University of Rennes 1
University of Tours
 

Health Establishments Group

University Teaching Hospital (CHU) in Angers
University Teaching Hospital in Brest
University Teaching Hospital in Nantes
Regional Hospital Centre (CHR) in Orleans
University Teaching Hospital in Poitiers
University Teaching Hospital in Rennes
University Teaching Hospital in Tours
 
The Eugène Marquis Centre, Centre for the Fight against Cancer in Rennes
The Paul Papin Centre, Centre for the Fight against Cancer in Angers
The René Gauducheau Centre, Centre for the Fight against Cancer, Nantes-Atlantique
 

Public Scientific and Technological Establishments Group

INSERM - French National Institute for Health and Medical Research
CNRS - French National Centre for Scientific Research
 

Associations for the Fight against Cancer Group

The French National League against Cancer

The GIP was published in the Journal Officiel on 26 June 2008
The inaugural General Meeting on 3 October 2008 made it possible to install the new governing body: Professor Pierre Jallet, President
Professor Régis Bataille, Scientific Director