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BBC News Presenter Reveals Incurable Blood Cancer Diagnosis
Confirmed
In Short: BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri has disclosed her diagnosis with an incurable blood cancer, raising awareness about the disease and its impact on daily life.
Maryam Moshiri, a well-known BBC News anchor, has revealed she is living with blood cancer, aiming to raise awareness about the disease and its effects on everyday life.
Moshiri, who joined the BBC in 2003, has been managing her condition for two years while continuing to work, including covering major news stories.
Her diagnosis, polycythaemia vera (PV), involves the body producing too many red blood cells, making the blood thicker than normal.
The disease can sometimes develop into other types of blood cancer, though Moshiri's case is treatable.
Moshiri is backing a new campaign by Blood Cancer UK to highlight the challenges faced by those living with blood cancer, emphasizing the need for better support and diagnosis standards.
What's confirmed
- In an interview with The Times published this weekend, Ms Moshiri spoke about the realities of living with Polycythaemia vera (PV), a rare type of cancer that affects the bone marrow and makes the blood thicker than normal.
What's still developing
- The charity is calling for a national standard that would mean someone with dementia would receive an accurate diagnosis within 18 weeks of being seen and referred by a GP.
- In the survey, more than a thousand families and carers of people living with dementia revealed that nearly half of them waited for more than six months for an accurate diagnosis after their first visit to a GP.
- Like Keith, 9 out of 10 families surveyed said that a formal diagnosis made at least one aspect of life easier.
- Michael Fathon with his father, Jim, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the age of 69 in 2022 Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.
- Such long delays have an impact on their own work, finances and mental health, a survey for the Alzheimer's Society charity reveals.
- That would put dementia on a similar footing as other major health conditions, including cancer.
- Michelle Dyson CB, of the Alzheimer's Society, says a diagnosis can really help families access support and plan for the future.
- "You would never accept someone being diagnosed with cancer and then left to work out the next steps on their own." Dementia does not wait, and neither should diagnosis, she added.