Brazilian Cardio-oncology Guideline – 2020

1. Introduction

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer are currently the leading causes of mortality worldwide and in Brazil.^– The recent demographic and epidemiological transitions in Brazil have determined an increase in the population’s life expectancy, today around 76 years, and a change in the health profile, in which chronic diseases and their complications prevail.

These factors pose important challenges and require the development of a health policy agenda for the management of the ongoing transitions. The technological advances, the shortage of cost-effectiveness analyses and, in higher education settings, the little value attributed to health access and promotion, as well as to disease prevention, require the implementation of guidelines and consensus statements. These guidelines and consensus statements are aimed at helping the use of systematized protocols to adapt the clinical practice regardless of the geographic location of the health facilities and the heterogeneity of their resources.

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