Availability of technology for managing cancer patients in the Southeast European (SEE) region

•Gap of public on-the-ground cancer data was addressed through questionnaires to professionals in the SEE region.•There is a lack of diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy modalities in the SEE region in comparison to Western Europe.•The Mortality to incidence ratio correlates inversely with the economic development and the availability of radiotherapy equipment.•The cancer incidence in SEE countries was correlate directly with the life expectancy and the availability of diagnostic equipment.•The need for reliable national and regional cancer registries in SEE countries for data collection and analysis has been emphasized.