India, April 29 -- Actor Sam Neill has said he is cancer-free after battling near-fatal non-Hodgkin lymphoma for over five years. The actor, best known for playing Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies, has said that he recovered even after chemotherapy stopped working for him.

In a new TV interview in Australia, Sam Neill revealed he is cancer-free. Speaking with Australia's Channel Seven News, the actor said that he was cured thanks to a genetic therapy that modified his immune system. The actor recalled how his chemotherapy treatment eventually stopped working. "I was at a loss, and it looked like I was on the way out, which wasn't ideal, obviously," he said.

The actor added he was recently treated with CAR T-cell...