Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Síndrome de Denys-Drash
Denys-Drash syndrome
A rare disorder that causes kidney failure before age 3, abnormal development of the sexual organs, and, in most cases, Wilms tumor (a type of kidney cancer). Children with Denys-Drash syndrome are also at high risk of some other types of cancer. Also called DDS.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.