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Running for the Goal: Kids Kicking Cancer; Second Annual Soccer Clinic for Kids with Cancer
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 (1537 reads)

CLEVELAND – University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and Ireland Cancer Center are teaming up to host Running for the Goal: Kids Kicking Cancer for the second time at Lost Nation Sports Park on Thursday, July 26th from 9:15a.m. – 1:30 p.m. This event, held exclusively for cancer patients at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, will feature Hector Marinaro, professional soccer player and former member of the Cleveland Force, and Ali Kazemaini, member of the 1984 US Olympic Soccer Team.

“The purpose of this event is to encourage cancer patients to be active and to recognize the health benefits of physical activity,” said Lisa Vitkus, director of Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Center for Survivors of Childhood Cancer. “Many of these kids struggle with their recovery and have a hard time getting active again. We want to encourage them and support them in these efforts.”



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CyberKnife – Revolutionary Radiosurgery System Coming to University Hospitals; Treats inoperable tumors, lesions without a scalpel
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 (2311 reads)

CLEVELAND – There is now another meaning to “cutting edge” technology.

In July, University Hospitals Case Medical Center began offering CyberKnife® treatment for cancerous tumors and lesions in the spine and other parts of the body that were once diagnosed as “inoperable.”

CyberKnife, an intelligent robotic radiosurgery system, allows physicians to provide a targeted, painless alternative to surgery by providing treatment options for specific tumors that are otherwise untreatable as a result of their sensitive location in the body. It is the first CyberKnife in Ohio available for the treatment of patients, according to its manufacturer, Accuray, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif.



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Lead Gift to University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Launches the Jennifer Ferchill Brain Tumor Center
Monday, July 16, 2007 (2134 reads)

CLEVELAND – Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital at University Hospitals Case Medical Center announced today the creation of the Jennifer Ferchill Brain Tumor Center, established through a significant leadership gift from the John and Sharon Ferchill family. The hospital will honor the Ferchill family for their generosity and officially launch the Jennifer Ferchill Brain Tumor Center with a reception on July 17, 2007 at Rainbow.

“We lost our daughter, Jennifer, 25 years ago to a brain tumor,” said Cleveland-based real estate developer John J. Ferchill. “With this center dedicated to her memory, Jenny’s legacy will inspire hope for patients and their families for generations to come.”

Brain tumors are the most common form of pediatric cancer, and despite advances in recent years, brain tumors have surpassed leukemia as the leading cause of cancer death in children.



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Innovative Radiation Treatment Targets Colon Cancer; New procedure is used at Ireland Cancer Center for first time in Northeast Ohio
Thursday, July 12, 2007 (1557 reads)

CLEVELAND – The Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center is the first in Northeast Ohio to use a new radiation treatment that provides hope for patients with colon cancer that has spread to the liver. The noninvasive procedure uses microscopic radioactive spheres that target inoperable tumors without damaging the surrounding tissue.

Called Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT), the procedure uses SIR-Spheres® microspheres infused with the radioactive element yttrium-90. The spheres deliver 40 times more radiation directly to the site of the liver tumors than is possible using conventional radiotherapy. The minimally invasive procedure is not considered a cure, but studies have found it reduces tumors more than chemotherapy alone in patients with metastatic colon cancer and has fewer side effects than standard chemotherapy and radiation therapy.



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