The vast majority of glucocorticoid activity in most mammals is from cortisol, also known as hydrocortisone. Corticosterone, the major glucocorticoid in rodents, is another glucocorticoid.
Men who test negative for a known breast cancer gene abnormality have the same very low risk of developing breast cancer as men in the general population. Whether you are a woman or a man, testing negative also means that you could not have passed the genetic abnormality on to your children.
A positive result means that you carry a known breast cancer gene. As we have seen, this means that you have an increased risk of breast cancer. A negative result means that you do not carry the same gene fault that was found in your relative.So you have the same risk of cancer as other people in the population.A very rare possibility is that you could have a different breast cancer gene mutation, but this is unlikely. negative result means that you do not carry the same gene fault that was found in your relative. So you have the same risk of cancer as other people in the population. A very rare possibility is that you could have a different breast cancer gene mutation, but this is unlikely.