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ArticleThe EPMA journal2026

From sympathetic overdrive phenotype to malignant transformation: 3PM-guided protection against health-to-disease transition and disease progression improving individual outcomes in primary and secondary care.

Peter Kubatka, Andrea Kapinova, Bianka Bojkova, Vennila Joseph, Slavomir Hornak, Karol Kajo, Dietrich Büsselberg, Karel Smejkal, Vadim Goncharenko, Barbara Mrazova and 7 more

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Article in The EPMA journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Peter KubatkaDepartment of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Andrea KapinovaBiomedical Centre Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mala Hora 4D, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Bianka BojkovaDepartment of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, 040 01 Slovakia.
Vennila JosephDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, 24144 Doha, Qatar.
Slavomir HornakSmall Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81 Kosice, Slovakia.
Karol KajoDepartment of Pathology, St. Elisabeth Oncology Institute, 812 50 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Dietrich BüsselbergDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, 24144 Doha, Qatar.
Karel SmejkalDepartment of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Vadim GoncharenkoThe Women's Health Centre, Feofaniya Clinical Hospital of the State Management of Affairs of Ukraine, 21 Akademika Zabolotnoho St., Kyiv, Ukraine.
Barbara MrazovaEuropean Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine (EPMA), 1160 Brussels, Belgium.
Miroslava FövényesEuropean Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine (EPMA), 1160 Brussels, Belgium.
Rostyslav BubnovEuropean Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine (EPMA), 1160 Brussels, Belgium.
Walther KuhnDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Donau-Isar Klinikum Hospital, University Medical Campus Lower Bavaria, Deggendorf, Germany.
Javier Conde-ArandaEuropean Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine (EPMA), 1160 Brussels, Belgium.
Ivica SmokovskiEuropean Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine (EPMA), 1160 Brussels, Belgium.
Ivana StetkarovaEuropean Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine (EPMA), 1160 Brussels, Belgium.
Olga GolubnitschajaEuropean Association for Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine (EPMA), 1160 Brussels, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic sympathoexcitation (sympathetic overdrive syndrome) is defined as the sustained dominance of sympathetic over parasympathetic tone, measurable at the organ, vascular, and neural levels, and differs fundamentally from brief, adaptive "fight-or-flight" responses. Persistent vasoconstrictor drive perturbs cellular metabolism and reshapes host-tumor interfaces. Although this state is well characterized in cardiometabolic medicine, its oncologic implications remain comparatively underexplored, despite converging evidence that adrenergic inputs modulate tumor and stromal behavior. One of the main reasons for presenting this conceptual innovation study is that the sympathetic overdrive phenotype (SOP) carriers, by far, are not rare in the population. Robust statistics towards SOP incidence and prevalence are still missing, despite the urgency of plausible healthcare solutions. Currently, the best described SOP-relevant subpopulation are the Flammer Syndrome phenotype (FSP) carriers who, for instance, are highly prevalent in the academic career-making professional groups. Certain genetic predispositions play a role, however, the key pathways involved into the health-to-disease transition are epigenetically regulated and, to a large extent, represent systemic modifiable phenotype-associated risk factors which are, therefore, a promising target for holistic proactive medical approaches with a high potential to save lives and financial resources. Graphical Abstract:

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Breast cancerBurning mouth syndromeChronic dehydrationChronic pelvic pain syndromeChronic prostatitisColorectal carcinomaDry mouth syndromeEndothelin-1 (ET-1)Flammer syndromeHIFInterstitial cystitisIrritable bowel syndromeIschemia-reperfusionPatient phenotyping and stratificationPredictive Preventive Personalized Medicine (PPPM / 3PM)Sicca syndromeSjögren syndromeSterile inflammationSympathoexcitationTreatment resistanceTumor hypoxiaTumor microenvironmentVulvar-vaginal drynessXerostomia / Hyposalivation

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PMCPMC13190988

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