The article is a review dedicated to one of the most actual aspects of oncology — the use of phytoadaptogens in the therapy of neoplastic diseases. It discloses modern status of the problem as well as underlines most disputable sides of it. The article produces the main properties of phitoadaptogen (antioxidant, antimutagen, antiinflammatory). There is also discussed the ability of the phytoadaptogens to regulate intercellular adhesion and to induce the formation of endogenous interferon.