def is_clinical_in_cases(clinical_obj, cases):
    """Checks to see if clinical object representation is part of cases to assess

    Example:
        >>> clin_obj = xml_to_raw_clinical_patient("Test_Data/nationwidechildrens.org_clinical.TCGA-MH-A562.xml")
        >>> cases = set(["ad7ba244-67fa-4155-8f13-424bdcbb12e5", "dc39df39-9945-4cb6-a852-d3b42177ac80", "b877d608-e4e0-4b28-9235-01dd65849cf7"])
        >>> is_clinical_in_cases(clin_obj, cases)
        False
        >>> cases = set(["ad7ba244-67fa-4155-8f13-424bdcbb12e5", "dc39df39-9945-4cb6-a852-d3b42177ac80", "b877d608-e4e0-4b28-9235-01dd65849cf7", "45bdcfd6-1e3f-4be8-b843-ae949e8e43eb"])
        >>> is_clinical_in_cases(clin_obj, cases)
        True
    """
    def get_days_to_birth():
        pass

    def get_days_to_death():
        """This returns either the censored value of the"""
        pass

    patient_uuid = clinical_obj['kirp:patient']['shared:bcr_patient_uuid']['#text']
    patient_uuid = patient_uuid.strip().lower()
    return patient_uuid in cases