“I had no symptoms, that’s one of the problems with this disease”: a BBC presenter’s fight against a rare blood cancer

BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri has publicly announced that she has been diagnosed with polycythemia vera, a rare form of blood cancer. Moshiri, who has been with the BBC since 2003, shared her diagnosis to raise awareness about the condition, noting that she experienced no symptoms prior to the discovery of the illness.

While the condition is described as treatable, it is currently considered incurable. Moshiri is using her platform to highlight the challenges of identifying the disease, emphasizing the lack of early warning signs as a primary obstacle for patients.