Jurassic Park star reveals ‘extraordinary’ cancer update

Health & Fitness
29 Apr 2026 • 6:05 AM MYT
The Independent
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Jurassic Park star reveals ‘extraordinary’ cancer update

  • Actor Sam Neill, 78, has shared an "extraordinary" health update four years after his 2022 diagnosis with stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
  • Neill revealed that his initial chemotherapy treatment eventually stopped working, leaving him in a critical condition.
  • His health significantly improved after he received CAR T-cell therapy, an experimental treatment that genetically modifies a patient's blood cells.
  • A recent scan confirmed that there is now "no cancer in my body," a result Neill described as remarkable.
  • Neill lauded the CAR T-cell therapy as "science at its best" and expressed his intention to return to making movies.

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