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'I have chronic cancer but I'm not going to die': BBC news presenter Maryam Moshiri admits she was 'lucky' her GP caught incurable cancer early during routine blood tests

Ms Moshiri was diagnosed with polycythaemia vera (PV) in November 2024, a rare cancer that causes bone marrow to continuously create red blood cells causing the blood become thick.

'I have chronic cancer but I'm not going to die': BBC news presenter Maryam Moshiri admits she was 'lucky' her GP caught incurable cancer early during routine blood tests

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Ms Moshiri was diagnosed with polycythaemia vera (PV) in November 2024, a rare cancer that causes bone marrow to continuously create red blood cells causing the blood become thick.

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Ms Moshiri was diagnosed with polycythaemia vera (PV) in November 2024, a rare cancer that causes bone marrow to continuously create red blood cells causing the blood become thick.

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