The objective response rate (ORR) of the cases with SM who received ALK‐TKI therapy was 88.9%, while the ORR of the patients without SM who received ALK TKI or chemotherapy was 20.0%; however, the PFS of the patients with SM was relatively short (with SM vs. without SM: 5.6 months vs. 5.1 months). The gene discussed is ALK; the disease is systemic mastocytosis.