"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Disease Progression".
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1997 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1998 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 1999 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2000 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2001 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2002 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2003 | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| 2004 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2005 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2006 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 2007 | 0 | 53 | 53 |
| 2008 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2009 | 4 | 49 | 53 |
| 2010 | 4 | 55 | 59 |
| 2011 | 9 | 61 | 70 |
| 2012 | 4 | 65 | 69 |
| 2013 | 4 | 61 | 65 |
| 2014 | 6 | 63 | 69 |
| 2015 | 11 | 87 | 98 |
| 2016 | 6 | 73 | 79 |
| 2017 | 8 | 87 | 95 |
| 2018 | 7 | 90 | 97 |
| 2019 | 10 | 107 | 117 |
| 2020 | 6 | 85 | 91 |
| 2021 | 7 | 67 | 74 |
| 2022 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2023 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 2024 | 20 | 38 | 58 |
| 2025 | 6 | 67 | 73 |
| 2026 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disease Progression" by people in Profiles.
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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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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Review. JAMA. 2026 May 26; 335(20):1796-1807.
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Safety and efficacy of astegolimab for COPD with frequent exacerbations regardless of baseline blood eosinophil counts (ALIENTO and ARNASA): randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b and 3 trials. Lancet. 2026 May 23; 407(10543):2027-2039.
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Cigarette smoke induces FASN-dependent fatty acid metabolic rewiring to drive bladder cancer progression. Cancer Lett. 2026 Aug 10; 653:218562.
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Differences in gene expression may contribute to the racial differences in the risk of MASLD. PLoS One. 2026; 21(5):e0345383.
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Systematic identification of cell-cell interactions associated with the severity of patients with Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Jun; 111(3):1156-1167.
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POD24 is a novel determinant of prognosis in patients with Waldenstr?m macroglobulinemia. Blood Adv. 2026 Apr 14; 10(7):2322-2327.
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Subchondral bone density and trabecular morphometry mediate the association between knee malalignment and osteophyte progression in osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative. Clin Rheumatol. 2026 Jun; 45(6):3733-3747.
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Daratumumab in high-risk MGUS and low-risk smoldering myeloma: results of the Phase II D-PRISM study. Nat Commun. 2026 Apr 08; 17(1).
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Derivation and Validation of Risk Prediction Models for Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Apr 21; 15(8):e045139.