Long-Term Follow-Up of Sexual Dysfunction in Women Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Gynecologic Care for Pediatric and Adolescent Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is used to treat many chronic and acute malignant and nonmalignant conditions. We review hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and its effect on the gynecologic health of pediatric and adolescent patients, including pretransplantation evaluation, contraception, menstrual suppression, sexual health, fertility, primary ovarian insufficiency, and graft vs host disease. Comprehensive and team-based care provides optimal anticipatory counseling, evaluation, and management of acute and ongoing gynecologic issues.

[Sexual and emotional life after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Guidelines and patient booklet from the Francophone Society of Bone marrow Transplant and Cellular therapy (SFGM-TC)]

The Francophone Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (SFGM-TC) organises annual workshops in an attempt to harmonise clinical practices among different francophone transplantation centres. The SFGM-TC harmonisation workshops aim at establishing practical guidelines, on the one hand, from data from the literature and international recommendations and, on the other hand, by consensus in the absence of formally proven data. The sexual and emotional life of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells transplanted (HSCT) patients is often very impacted and remains a subject relatively little addressed by patients and caregivers. This article is an update from a previous workshop and is accompanied by a patient booklet, which will be included in the post allograft follow-up workbook published by the SFGM-TC. The purpose of these two documents is to facilitate discussions between patients and caregivers on the subject and to present proposals for follow-up and tools to better manage the sexual and emotional life of allotransplanted patients.