[Anthracycline antibiotics in treatment of neoplasms].

The reviews is a description of one group of cytostatics, namely anthracyclines. It presents a short characteristic of all anthracyclines applied as chemotherapeutic drugs in oncology since many years, and also those which are in the phase of clinical trials. The authors have focused on pharmacodynamics, mechanisms of action, and main side effects, and also the therapeutic use of the particular drugs.