Review

. 2022 Feb 23;11(5):1196.

doi: 10.3390/jcm11051196.

Sexual and Emotional Health after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Comprehensive Review and Guidelines from the Francophone Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (SFGM-TC)

Tamim Alsuliman¹, Ludovic Jondreville², Caroline Baylet³, Marie-Pierre Dann², Natacha De Bentzmann⁴, Marie-Laure Fontoura⁵, Carole Genty⁶, Anne Huynh⁴, Diane Ibled², Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha⁷, Lara Mercier⁴, Catherine Poirot^{8

9}, Sophie Porcheron⁵, Catherine Tourette-Turgis¹⁰, Jean-Paul Vernant², Dominique Vexiau-Robert¹¹, Stéphanie Nguyen²

Affiliations

¹ Service d'Hématologie et Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, 184 Rue de Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France.
² Service d'Hématologie Clinique, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, CEDEX 13, 75651 Paris, France.
³ Service des Maladies du Sang, CHU Angers, 4 Rue Larrey, 49000 Angers, France.
⁴ Service d'Hématologie Greffe, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 Avenue Irène Joliot Curie, CEDEX 9, 31059 Toulouse, France.
⁵ Unité de Soins Intensifs Hématologie, CLCC Henri Becquerel, 1 Rue d'Amiens, 76038 Rouen, France.
⁶ Service d'Hématologie et de Thérapie Cellulaire, CHRU Dupuytren, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87042 Limoges, France.
⁷ CHU de Lille, Univ Lille, INSERM U1286, Infinite, 59000 Lille, France.
⁸ Préservation de la Fertilité, Service d'Hématologie, Unité AJA, Hôpital Saint Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
⁹ Médecine Sorbonne Université, Site Pitié Salpêtrière, 91 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
¹⁰ Université des Patients, Sorbonne-Université, 91 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
¹¹ Gynécologie Médicale, Hôpital Saint Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.

PMID: 35268291
PMCID: PMC8911485
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11051196

Review

Sexual and Emotional Health after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Comprehensive Review and Guidelines from the Francophone Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (SFGM-TC)

Tamim Alsuliman et al. J Clin Med. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 23;11(5):1196.

doi: 10.3390/jcm11051196.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Service d'Hématologie et Thérapie Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, 184 Rue de Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France.
² Service d'Hématologie Clinique, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, CEDEX 13, 75651 Paris, France.
³ Service des Maladies du Sang, CHU Angers, 4 Rue Larrey, 49000 Angers, France.
⁴ Service d'Hématologie Greffe, IUCT-Oncopole, 1 Avenue Irène Joliot Curie, CEDEX 9, 31059 Toulouse, France.
⁵ Unité de Soins Intensifs Hématologie, CLCC Henri Becquerel, 1 Rue d'Amiens, 76038 Rouen, France.
⁶ Service d'Hématologie et de Thérapie Cellulaire, CHRU Dupuytren, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87042 Limoges, France.
⁷ CHU de Lille, Univ Lille, INSERM U1286, Infinite, 59000 Lille, France.
⁸ Préservation de la Fertilité, Service d'Hématologie, Unité AJA, Hôpital Saint Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
⁹ Médecine Sorbonne Université, Site Pitié Salpêtrière, 91 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
¹⁰ Université des Patients, Sorbonne-Université, 91 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
¹¹ Gynécologie Médicale, Hôpital Saint Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.

PMID: 35268291
PMCID: PMC8911485
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11051196

Abstract

A person's sexual and emotional life is greatly impacted after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). This topic is not addressed very much by patients and caregivers. Physical, endocrine and genital chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD)-related disorders are multiple and intertwined with psychological disorders. The Francophone Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (SFGM-TC) has issued recommendations for a better gynecological monitoring of female recipients after allo-HCT. A patient booklet was also offered to patients in the form of questions and answers to facilitate discussions between patients and caregivers and to improve the management of sexual and emotional life after transplant.

Keywords: SFGM-TC; allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation; genital chronic GVHD; guidelines; sexual life.

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Sexual and Emotional Health after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Comprehensive Review and Guidelines from the Francophone Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (SFGM-TC)

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