[Prevention and management of heavy uterine bleeding in pediatric patients treated for an acute leukemia: Guidelines of the SFCE leukemia committee].

Abstract

The harmonization workshops of the leukemia committee of the Société française des cancers de l'enfant (SFCE) aim to establish practical recommendations based on the one hand, on data from the literature and international recommendations and, on the other hand, by consensus in the absence of formally proven data. Adolescent pubescent girls and young adults undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatment may present with heavy uterine bleeding (HUB). Data collected from 25 French centers showed that there was considerable heterogeneity in the management of HUB either in prophylaxis or curative strategy. Analysis of the literature showed that, given the incidence of spontaneous amenorrhea during chemotherapy treatment, there is no indication for systematic prophylaxis of HUB in patients treated for leukemia. In case of proven HUB, non-hormonal treatment and hormonal treatment can be introduced as a matter of urgency. For secondary prophylaxis, various hormonal treatments aiming at achieving prophylactic amenorrhea may be discussed.