Hollywood star says he is 'grateful' for his life as he gives emotional update on his blood cancer battle Do YOU have a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Chikamso Chukwuenyem For Mailonline Published: 12:33 BST, 24 September 2024 | Updated: 12:34 BST, 24 September 2024 e-mail View comments Sam Neill has admitted that he is 'grateful' for his life as he attributes the success of his blood cancer battle to modern medicine. The actor, 77, was diagnosed with stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, an uncommon type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (blood cancer), in 2022.
Sam has been undergoing chemotherapy since March 2023, and has spoken out about how aggressive treatment is. He previously had infusions every two weeks, and commented in August that the sessions are 'very grim and depressing'. Sam told Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time podcast: 'If this had happened to me 20 years ago, I wouldn't be around to talk to you.
' Sam Neill has admitted that he is 'grateful' for his life as he attributes the success of his blood cancer battle to modern medicine The actor, 77, was diagnosed with stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, an uncommon type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (blood cancer), in 2022. Sam has been undergoing chemotherapy since March 2023, and has spoken out about how aggressive treatment is He also said that he 'completely' puts his 'a brush or two' with cancer down to agrichemicals (fertilisers, pesticides, and herbicides). Neill continued: 'I'm in remission and as.