Meet the 2023 Young SIOP awardees - Kirsten Thus

Hi there! For the coming weeks, our blog will be dedicated to our Young SIOP Award winners!

Please meet Kirsten Thus, YI from the Netherlands, in their own words.


I am Kirsten Thus, currently a fellow in pediatric oncology in the Princess Maxima Center in

Utrecht the Netherlands. During my time as PhD student my research was focused on donor

selection for stem cell transplantation but at this SIOP meeting I will present the data from

the intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) prophylaxis trial in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

patients. In this randomized trial we showed that IVIG prophylaxis leads to a reduction of

admissions for fever in these patients. Looking forward to meeting you all and discuss these

data.

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