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Sam Neill Cancer-Free After $540K CAR T Therapy

7/13/2026

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  • Sam Neill announced he is cancer-free after CAR T-cell therapy eliminated his angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
  • He had lived with the lymphoma for about five years.
  • Chemotherapy eventually ceased to work.
  • A recent scan showed no cancer, which he described as extraordinary.
  • A hematologist said the $540 k CAR T-cell therapy, funded by his $18 million fortune, uses turbocharged engineered cells to target tumors missed by the immune system.