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Update on diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies in systemic mastocytosis

Systemic mastocytosis is a rare disease which is being better recognized and managed. While the vast majority of patients have indolent disease with variable symptom burden, a small proportion evolve or present with aggressive disease. This may be due to increases in mast cell burden (leukemic, associated with tumour masses) or more commonly due to the presence of an additional hematologic neoplasm (SM-AHN). These patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis have poor outcome; however, recent advances in diagnosis, molecular genetics and treatment have changed the prognostic landscape for this group of patients. In this review we address the most topical questions related to diagnostics, classification, new disease entities, treatment and multiparameter prognostic scoring systems.

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