Located in Beautiful Morganton, North Carolina. Burke County has a total area of 515 square miles, of which, 507 square miles of it is land and 8 square miles of it is water. There is 154 miles of shore line on Lake James (which borders McDowell County) and 90 miles of shore line on Lake Rhodhiss (which borders Catawba County).
PET/CT scan for adrenal cancer. Doctors use PET/CT to determine if an adrenal tumor is likely to be benign or cancerous. They can also determine if cancer has spread to other areas. The GE Discoveryâ¢ PET/CT 600 scanner is a state-of-the-art, four-dimensional CT scanner that produces detailed cross-sectional X-ray images of structures within the body.
The adrenal glands sit atop both kidneys. They secrete hormones to assist kidney function and control the body's response to stress. Cancer of the adrenal glands is relatively rare, with about 300 to 500 cases occurring in the United States each year. When it does occur, adrenal cancer is most likely to be found in women over the age of 45.