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 (1, 2) , Ludovic Jondreville (1, 2, 3) , Caroline Baylet (4) , Marie-Pierre Dann (3, 5) , Natacha de Bentzmann (5) , Marie-Laure Fontoura (6) , Carole Genty (7) , Anne Huynh (5) , Diane Ibled (3) , Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha (8, 9) , Lara Mercier (5) , Catherine Poirot (10) , Sophie Porcheron (6, 3) , Catherine Tourette-Turgis (1, 11) , Jean-Paul Vernant (3, 5) , Dominique Vexiau-Robert (10) , Stéphanie Nguyen (3, 5)

1 SU - Sorbonne Université
2 AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)
3 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
4 CHU Angers - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers
5 IUCT Oncopole - UMR 1037 - Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse - Oncopole
6 CLCC Henri Becquerel - Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Henri Becquerel Normandie Rouen
7 Hôpital Dupuytren [CHU Limoges]
8 CHRU Lille - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille]
9 INFINITE (Ex-Liric) - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation - U 1286
10 AP-HP - Hopital Saint-Louis [AP-HP]
11 FoAP - Formation et apprentissages professionnels

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.

Mots clés: sexual life; allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation; genital chronic GVHD; SFGM-TC; guidelines

Domaines: Médecine humaine et pathologie

Tamim Alsuliman, Ludovic Jondreville, Caroline Baylet, Marie-Pierre Dann, Natacha de Bentzmann, et al.. 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). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, 11 (5), pp.1196. ⟨10.3390/jcm11051196⟩. ⟨hal-04038894⟩