Actor Sam Neill announces he’s beaten cancer with revolutionary treatment that uses his own T-cells - removed, strengthened, and returned to him
"Hollywood actor Sam Neill recently announced that he’s cancer-free thanks to a revolutionary new cancer treatment still undergoing a trial phase.
"The New Zealander announced in 2023 that he was battling angioimmunoblastic T-Cell lymphoma. This week, Neill told Australia’s 7News that he’d been battling cancer for five years.
“I was on chemotherapy and [it was] pretty miserable business, but it was keeping me alive,” Neill said.
The chemotherapy eventually stopped working and Neil was preparing for death.
“I’m not afraid to die, but it would annoy me,” Neill told the Guardian in 2023. “Because I’d really like another decade or two, you know? We’ve built all these lovely terraces, we’ve got these olive trees and cypresses. I want to be around to see it all mature. And I’ve got my lovely little grandchildren. I want to see them get big. But as for the dying? I couldn’t care less.”
"Things took a turn for the better after Neill underwent a new experimental cancer treatment known as CAR-T cell therapy, which harnesses the immune system to create ‘living drugs‘ that seek and destroy cancer cells. Doctors perform the treatment by collecting T cells from the patient’s blood and strengthening them in the lab. The T cells are then returned to the patient through an IV and continue to multiply.
“I’ve just had a scan just now and there’s no cancer in my body,” Neill said. “This is an extraordinary thing.”
"The actor, known for his role as Dr. Alan Grant in the “Jurassic Park” franchise, told 7News that he’s now preparing for a return to the big screen, saying, “It’s time I did another movie.”
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Credit for attached photo: "Sam Neill from the Peacock series 'Apples Never Fall' visits the Empire State Building on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)"