"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 | 9 | 9 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1999 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2000 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2001 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2002 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2003 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2004 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2005 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2006 | 0 | 45 | 45 |
| 2007 | 1 | 33 | 34 |
| 2008 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2009 | 2 | 51 | 53 |
| 2010 | 3 | 45 | 48 |
| 2011 | 3 | 49 | 52 |
| 2012 | 2 | 57 | 59 |
| 2013 | 2 | 44 | 46 |
| 2014 | 4 | 54 | 58 |
| 2015 | 6 | 65 | 71 |
| 2016 | 4 | 57 | 61 |
| 2017 | 7 | 62 | 69 |
| 2018 | 11 | 69 | 80 |
| 2019 | 4 | 72 | 76 |
| 2020 | 5 | 55 | 60 |
| 2021 | 5 | 39 | 44 |
| 2022 | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2024 | 13 | 20 | 33 |
| 2025 | 2 | 47 | 49 |
| 2026 | 3 | 24 | 27 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disease Progression" by people in Profiles.
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Acute exacerbation in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: an international working group report. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Oct 01; 212(10):2358-2385.
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Renal blood flow and progression to kidney failure in ADPKD. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2026 Sep 30; 41(10):1878-1886.
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Partial bone erosion repair is independently associated with functional improvement in early rheumatoid arthritis: a 2-year prospective high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) longitudinal study. RMD Open. 2026 Sep 28; 12(3).
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DNL343 and Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Sep 01; 9(9):e2634809.
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EOAD-Signature Atrophy Predicts Dementia in Early-Onset MCI due to Alzheimer Disease: An MRI-Based Prognostic Biomarker. Neurology. 2026 Oct 13; 107(7):e218519.
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Two Years of Ocrelizumab Treatment in Black and Hispanic People with Multiple Sclerosis in CHIMES: A Single-Arm Clinical Trial. Ann Neurol. 2026 Oct; 100(4):793-807.
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Risk profile and prognostic implications of premature advanced coronary atherosclerotic disease among young to early middle-aged adults: the coronary artery calcium consortium. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 Jul 14; 33(9):1621-1628.
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Moderate to severe negative symptoms predict low risk of symptoms worsening in schizophrenia patients in CATIE. Schizophr Res. 2026 Sep; 295:150-155.
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Ambulatory Stage C2D Heart Failure Definitions and Current Therapeutic Approaches: JACC: Heart Failure Position Statement. JACC Heart Fail. 2026 06; 14(6):103101.
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Low serum cholesterol is a biomarker of advanced disease and poor outcomes in myeloproliferative neoplasms. Blood Adv. 2026 05 26; 10(10):3746-3755.