AN ORAL PARTICULATE ANTITUMOR PREPARATION IS PROVIDED, WHICH ALLOWS SAFE INTAKE OF ANTITUMOR AGENTS, HANDLING OF WHICH COULD BE IN MANY CASES DANGEROUS DUE TO THEIR HIGH PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY, AND HAS A STABILITY EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF CAPSULES OR TABLETS. AN ORAL PARTICULATE ANTITUMOR PREPARATION, IN WHICH A PARTICULATE COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANTITUMOR AGENT IS COATED WITH A SACCHARIDE OTHER THAN A CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE.