Allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation for advanced systemic mastocytosis: Best practice recommendations on behalf of the EBMT Practice Harmonisation and Guidelines Committee

Systemic Mastocytosis (SM) is a multifaceted clinically heterogeneous disease. Advanced SM (AdvSM) comprises three entities: aggressive SM (ASM), mast cell leukaemia (MCL) and SM with an associated hematologic neoplasm (SM-AHN), the latter accounting for 60-70% of all AdvSM cases. Detection of a disease-triggering mutation in the KIT gene (esp. KIT D816V) in >90% of the patients with ASM or SM-AHN has led to a significant improvement in therapeutic options by the implementation of …