Disease Progression
"Disease Progression" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The worsening of a disease over time. This concept is most often used for chronic and incurable diseases where the stage of the disease is an important determinant of therapy and prognosis.
| Descriptor ID |
D018450
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.656
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| Concept/Terms |
Disease Progression- Disease Progression
- Disease Progressions
- Progression, Disease
- Progressions, Disease
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Disease Progression" by people in this website by year, and whether "Disease Progression" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1997 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 1998 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 1999 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 2000 | 0 | 14 | 14 | | 2001 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2002 | 0 | 16 | 16 | | 2003 | 0 | 33 | 33 | | 2004 | 0 | 25 | 25 | | 2005 | 0 | 38 | 38 | | 2006 | 1 | 41 | 42 | | 2007 | 2 | 53 | 55 | | 2008 | 2 | 63 | 65 | | 2009 | 4 | 58 | 62 | | 2010 | 4 | 73 | 77 | | 2011 | 7 | 59 | 66 | | 2012 | 3 | 76 | 79 | | 2013 | 4 | 88 | 92 | | 2014 | 6 | 72 | 78 | | 2015 | 8 | 97 | 105 | | 2016 | 10 | 92 | 102 | | 2017 | 10 | 119 | 129 | | 2018 | 6 | 109 | 115 | | 2019 | 12 | 128 | 140 | | 2020 | 3 | 109 | 112 | | 2021 | 10 | 83 | 93 | | 2022 | 0 | 54 | 54 | | 2023 | 2 | 60 | 62 | | 2024 | 32 | 57 | 89 | | 2025 | 6 | 73 | 79 | | 2026 | 3 | 19 | 22 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disease Progression" by people in Profiles.
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Fairfield H, Marinac CR, Hamidi H, Knox K, Nestor B, Marques-Mourlet C, Diaz G, Wong CV, Mishra AK, Schimelman A, Qiang YW, Karam M, Farrell M, Jachimowicz E, Stohn JP, Birmann BM, Cornelius P, Reagan MR. Obesity Accelerates Multiple Myeloma Progression in Certain Mouse Models and in Humans. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2026 Jun 01; 19(6):339-352.
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Dunlay SM, Colvin M, Cowger JA, Crespo Leiro MG, Desai AS, Greene SJ, Gustafsson F, Hall S, Ilonze OJ, Lala A, Lam CSP, Page RL, Lund LH, McDonagh TA, McIlvennan CK, Pinney SP, Truby LK, Yancy CW, Bozkurt B, Stevenson LW. Ambulatory Stage C2D Heart Failure Definitions and Current Therapeutic Approaches: JACC: Heart Failure Position Statement. JACC Heart Fail. 2026 Jun; 14(6):103101.
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Whiteside DJ, Rouse MA, Jones PS, Coyle-Gilchrist I, Murley AG, Stockton K, Hughes LE, Bethlehem RAI, Warrier V, Lambon Ralph MA, Rittman T, Rowe JB. The presymptomatic and early manifestations of semantic dementia. Brain. 2026 May 05; 149(5):1663-1678.
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Putcha N, Bhatt SP, Bon J, Christenson SA, Han MK, Krishnan JA, Martinez FJ, Casaburi R, Crapo JD, Curtis JL, Diette GB, Dransfield MT, Eakin MN, Kalhan R, Mannino DM, Montes de Oca M, Musick H, Rowe SM, Smith BM, Salvi S, Soler X, Wedzicha JA, Wright JA, Woodruff PG, Wise RA, Chang V, Miller BE, Crim C, Drummond MB. Disease modification and progression in pre-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an official American Thoracic Society workshop report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 May 01; 23(5):667-688.
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Bhargava M, Crouser ED, Barkes BQ, Weise DO, Perlman DM, Epperson LE, Griffin TJ, Jagtap PD, Mehta S, Li L, Leach SM, Maier LA. Molecular characterisation of progressive pulmonary sarcoidosis: protocol for a longitudinal multi-centre study to develop peripheral blood circulating biomarkers for predicting pulmonary sarcoidosis progression. BMJ Open. 2026 Apr 29; 16(4):e119604.
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Hamdy E, Talaat F, Ramadan I, Oertel FC, Bennett JL, Abousteit A, Almashad SS, Zeineddine M, Hassan A, Said SM, Carnero Contentti E, Gaber D, Zakaria M, Ahmed S, Grigoriadis N, Fouda BH, Shalaby NM, Nasr N, Paul F, Zamzam D, Krupp L, Sayed A, Hassan SS, Naseer MA, Hegazy MI, Galeel AA, Elmesnshawy I, Salama S. Development and expert refinement of a stratified framework for progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) in multiple sclerosis. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2026 Aug; 267:109430.
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Carry PM, Kim S, Zwick NL, Buckner T, DeFelice B, Johnson RK, Seifert J, Waugh K, Dong F, Vanderlinden LA, Frohnert BI, Kechris K, Fiehn O, Rewers M, Norris JM. Increased Levels of the Vitamin D Metabolite Ratio Are Protective Against Progression From Islet Autoimmunity to T1D. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Apr 22; 111(5):1438-1449.
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Nair V, Minakawa A, Smith C, Berthier CC, Hartman J, Menon R, Fermin D, Otto EA, Gisch DL, Eadon MT, Jain S, Choi YJ, Pyle L, Eichinger F, Alakwaa FM, Rose MP, Subramanian L, El Saghir J, Beamish JA, Hodgin JB, Brosius FC, Bjornstad P, Nelson PJ, Harder JL, Werner T, Kretzler M, Schaub JA. Hypoxia inducible factor network reflects kidney disease progression in diabetes and sodium-glucose co-transporters inhibition. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2026 Apr 21; 11(1).
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Dahl NK, August P, Besse W, Chebib FT, Chonchol M, Cowley BD, Goral S, Guay-Woodford LM, Gulati A, Hogan MC, Lakhia R, Miskulin D, Nowak KL, Rahbari-Oskoui F, Park M, Seliger S, Yu A, Watnick T. KDOQI US Commentary on the KDIGO 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation, Management, and Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). Am J Kidney Dis. 2026 Apr; 87(4):447-507.
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Chen NC, Shah VN, McQueen RB. Time in Range and Incident Diabetic Retinopathy: Clinical and Economic Evidence From Real-World Type 1 Diabetes Care. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Mar 17; 111(4):e1146-e1152.
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