Abstract In efforts to develop a new class of anticancer agents with improved efficacy and selective action, a series of N-alkylbromo-benzothiazoles were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic activity against various human cancer cell lines such as lung (A-549), prostate (PC-3), leukemia (THP-1), and colon (Caco-2). They were found to be highly active against prostate (PC-3) and leukemia (THP-1) cancer cells, moderately active against ...