Introduction

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Modern medicine has done much to erradicate and cure diseases, but it has failed as some remain incurable. At least one disease that cannot be cured, is suffered by many people in the world every year. Incurable Diseases are those ones in which the causes of the diseases are unknown, the treatment is not defined and present high risks of leaving subsequent complications. In addition, they also include diseases that present chronicle symptoms, compromising the household economically and psychologically due to necessity of specific nursing care. At the present moment, surveillance studies are been conducted for 118 diseases.

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