Sergey Badalyan, Medical Oncology Resident at Yeolyan Hematology and Oncology Center, Publishing Editor at OncoDaily, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“We did it!
Global OncoThon 2026, a 24-hour online marathon on World Cancer Day on Feb 4, has come to an end, that brought together oncologists and cancer leaders from around the world to talk honestly about cancer care, what’s changing, and what still needs work.
This year the overarching theme was stem cell therapy (without limiting the conversations to it), and we wrapped it in collaboration with Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). We left the office at 4:30am because the mission mattered, and because we wanted to see it through properly.
A day later, I just want to post this as a warm appreciation message for the team behind it, because this kind of event only works when people do the unglamorous work for hours and hours, quietly, and without anyone seeing most of it.
This year was also personal for me. It was my first time joining the organizing team with Shushan Hovsepyan and Ellen Davtyan and my first time moderating. I ran five sessions with Martha Raymond, Naana Akyaa Asante, RN, BSN, Nicholas DeVito, MD, Prof Marion Saville AM, Jasmine Kamboj, MD, FASCO, that ranged from immunotherapy and cervical cancer prevention to community oncology and stem cell therapy, and I learned more than I expected, in real time.
And yes, 220,000+ views on X Live still feels unreal. But the part I’m most proud of is what happened behind the screens: keeping the broadcast running, managing Restream and live production, coordinating speakers, making sure timing works, handling social media, design, clips, last-minute changes, and troubleshooting when things inevitably pop up.
Thank you to everyone who made this year’s OncoThon happen, speakers, partners, and especially the team that kept it moving for 24 hours. I’m grateful I got to be part of it.
A special shout-out to Amalya Sargsyan and Aharon Tsaturyan MD for staying up till the very last minute, that kind of commitment is what makes events like this possible.”
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