Possible Causes

There are no known causes for Desmoplastic small round cell tumor. It is not known if the disease is genetic or environmental or a combination of each.

The disease is thought to be a chimeric (a cross between two other cancers, ie, shares characteristics with both)disease between Wilm's Tumor and Ewing's Sarcoma. At the moment there has not been any research done to determine the importance of this relationship.

The following is all speculative and taken from the DSRCT Yahoo groups conversations

Possible Causes
1. Virus that all patients had in common

2. Radiation

3. Prozac

Odd Connections
1. Jay Daunoras, Chris Carfi, and Jeff Adomanis all lived 5 miles from each other. Landfill in same area.