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    Condorelli, Annalisa; Frigeni, Marco; Quaresmini, Giulia; Salmoiraghi, Silvia; Pavoni, Chiara; Grassi, Anna; Raviglione, Matteo; Civini, Alessia; Putelli, Alessandro; Lussana, Federico; Finazzi, Maria Chiara; Algarotti, Alessandra; Micò, Maria Caterina; Spinelli, Orietta; Rambaldi, Alessandro

    Leukemia research, 07/2024, Volume: 142
    Journal Article

    Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the only curative option for patients with Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). For many years, the selection of patients to allogeneic HSCT has been largely based on use of the International Prognostic Scoring System-Revised (IPSS-R). However, the recent broader application of next generation sequencing in clinical practice provided an abundance of molecular data and led to the introduction of molecular prognostic scores as IPSS-Molecular (IPSS-M). In this paper, we retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of 57 consecutive MDS patients treated with allogeneic HSCT in our center. Re-stratification from IPSS-R to IPSS-M occurred in almost half of patients. The application of IPSS-M to our cohort demonstrated a stronger prognostic separation compared to IPSS-R and improved the C-index. Very high-risk IPSS-M patients showed worse outcomes following HSCT compared to high-risk patients. This study provides data supporting the need of integrating molecular information in the transplant decision making of patients with MDS. This allows an earlier and better identification of patients to whom the transplant should be advised. •IPSS-R is commonly used to allocate MDS patients to HSCT.•Novel scores as IPSS-M taking into account the molecular data have been introduced.•This is a retrospective single-center study on MDS patients treated with HSCT.•Re-stratification from IPSS-R to IPSS-M occurred in almost half of patients.•IPSS-M demonstrated a stronger prognostic separation compared to IPSS-R.