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ReviewCancers2026

Systemic Mastocytosis: Molecular Pathophysiology, WHO Diagnostic Framework, and

Caterina Alati, Maria Bruna Greve, Gaetana Porto, Giorgia Policastro, Erica Bilardi, Giovanna Utano, Laura Giordano, Martina Pitea, Massimo Martino

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Review in Cancers, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Caterina AlatiHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Maria Bruna GreveHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Gaetana PortoHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4739-349X
Giorgia PolicastroHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Erica BilardiHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-2684-9269
Giovanna UtanoHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Laura GiordanoHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Martina PiteaHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3982-4141
Massimo MartinoHematology and Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Unit (CTMO), Department of Hemato-Oncology and Radiotherapy, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", 89133 Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSystemic mastocytosis (SM) is a clonal mast cell (MC) neoplasm driven by somatically acquired activating mutations in the

resultsThe 2022 WHO classification delineates indolent forms from advanced-phase SM, aggressive SM, SM with an associated hematologic neoplasm (SM-AHN), and MC leukemia, which produce progressive end-organ damage through both neoplastic tissue infiltration and uncontrolled mediator release. Formal diagnosis requires integration of histological criteria (multifocal bone marrow MC aggregates of ≥15 cells), immunophenotypic aberrancies (CD25, CD2, and/or CD30 coexpression on MCs by flow cytometry or immunohistochemistry), biochemical markers (baseline serum tryptase ≥ 20 ng/mL), and molecular confirmation of

conclusionsThis review provides a thorough synthesis of SM pathobiology, WHO-defined diagnostic and classification criteria, validated prognostic tools, and the developing landscape of

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KIT D816VKIT inhibitorsmast cell diseasesystemic mastocytosistargeted therapy

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PMCPMC13406693

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