In this paper, the curren situation and the latest progress in research of marine anticancer medicine were summarized, also the prospects, on how to explore and utilize marine biological resources in china were described as well.

• 综述了海洋药物抗肿瘤的研究现状与最新进展，并对我国开发利用海洋生物资源，从中寻找海洋药物的前景进行了展望。