The organization was initially established at Harvard University in 2012 and now operates out of the Bay Area.
Ami S. Bhatt and Franklin W. Huang when they were oncology fellows at Harvard and are now faculty at Stanford and UCSF, respectively.
[1][2][3][4] The organization is composed of physicians, staff, students, and members of the oncology community and other skilled professional volunteers.
The mission of the organization is to improve cancer care and research in resource-limited settings through a variety of programs and efforts, including the development of training and research opportunities in global oncology.
[citation needed] An initial primary effort of GO was to raise awareness of cancer in resource-constrained settings through the GO!