Living with Cancer, Cooking with Purpose BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri's announcement that she has been living with chronic cancer for two years shines a light on a harsh reality: cancer is not always a death sentence.
The stigma surrounding long term illness persists in our culture, despite the fact that some cancers are more treatable than others.
Moshiri was diagnosed with polycythaemia vera (PV), a rare and treatable blood cancer that can be effectively managed with treatment but not cured.