Society 5.0 and Quality Multidisciplinary Care of Malignant Solid Tumors in Low- and Middle-Income Settings

The average life expectancy of adults in low-and middle-income coun-tries (LMICs) is less than 70 years. Noncommunicable diseases which include trauma, cardiometabolic conditions and cancer are the leading causes of death globally. Cancer is one of the two most common causes of deaths in adults between the age of 40 and 60 years. Around 70% of deaths due to cancer occur in LMICs. Cancers of the breast, colon, prostate, gastric, cervix, uterine, ovarian, hepatocellu-lar, skin, thyroid and pancreas are among the more commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide. Majority of LMICs are not able to provide quality curative or end of life oncological care of the individuals who have cancer as they commonly present when the cancer is at an advanced stage, shortage of expertise and protracted diagnostic work-up due to limited resources including access to modern imaging and treatment. Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Vision 2030 include provisioning of quality healthcare across all countries of the world regardless of the income status and include prevention of cancer and the promotion of personalized oncological care to all citizens of the world. The MDG emphasizes the importance of participation by all the countries and every capable individual in the world, and prevention of environmental degradation. Recent technological developments and advances in computing have increased the gap in the quality of oncological care between LMICs and high-income countries (HICs). The ability to communicate and share information widely is also a potential threat to independence and sovereignty of countries and autonomy of individuals. Advances in computing Society 5.0 is human-centric and promotes physical and cyber space integration in its economic development and innovation framework. Society 5.0 intends to promote human centeredness to make life better for all individuals across the world. Over 70% of mortalities due to cancer occur in LMICs. Quality personalized oncological care requires a multidisciplinary team. The chapter presents a theoretical framework of how the implementation of Society 5.0 would improve access to personalized quality oncological services in LMICs. It concludes with suggestions on how potential threats to the environment, sustainable energy supply, human rights including safety, privacy and security, autonomy of countries, communities and individuals and management of e-waste can be ensured.