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ArticleCancers2021

A Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Approach Reveals a Higher Prevalence of Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis: 15-Years' Experience of the GISM Network.

Roberta Zanotti, Massimiliano Bonifacio, Cecilia Isolan, Ilaria Tanasi, Lara Crosera, Francesco Olivieri, Giovanni Orsolini, Donatella Schena, Patrizia Bonadonna

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Management of skeletal-related events and fracture prevention in systemic mastocytosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roberta ZanottiHematology Unit, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2871-9730
Massimiliano BonifacioHematology Unit, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0716-1686
Cecilia IsolanHematology Unit, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Ilaria TanasiHematology Unit, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8177-374X
Lara CroseraHematology Unit, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Francesco OlivieriAllergy Unit, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7854-3900
Giovanni OrsoliniGruppo Interdisciplinare per lo Studio Della Mastocitosi (GISM), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Donatella SchenaGruppo Interdisciplinare per lo Studio Della Mastocitosi (GISM), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Patrizia BonadonnaGruppo Interdisciplinare per lo Studio Della Mastocitosi (GISM), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic mastocytosis (SM) and other adult clonal mast cell disorders (CMD) are often underestimated, and their epidemiology data are scarce. We aimed at evaluating the impact of the activity of the Interdisciplinary Group for Study of Mastocytosis (GISM) of Verona on the prevalence and incidence of CMD. We examined the data of 502 adult patients diagnosed with CMD and residing in the Veneto Region, consecutively referred to GISM between 2006 and 2020. SM was diagnosed in 431 cases, while 71 patients had cutaneous mastocytosis or other CMD. Indolent SM represented the most frequent SM variant (91.0%), mainly with the characteristics of bone marrow mastocytosis (54.8%). The prevalence of SM in the adult population of the Veneto region and of the Verona province was 10.2 and 17.2/100,000 inhabitants, respectively. The mean incidence of new SM cases in Verona was 1.09/100,000 inhabitants/year. Hymenoptera venom allergy was the main reason (50%) leading to the CMD diagnosis. Osteoporosis, often complicated by fragility fractures, was present in 35% of cases, even in young patients, especially males. Our data show a higher prevalence and incidence of SM than previously reported, confirming that reference centers with multidisciplinary approach are essential for the recognition and early diagnosis of CMD.

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