Red blood cell and spem. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Hematospermia, the presence of blood in semen, is most often a benign symptom. A

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Red blood cell and spem. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Hematospermia, the presence of blood in semen, is most often a benign symptom. Among men age 40 or older, hematospermia is a slight predictor of cancer, typically prostate cancer. No specific cause is found in up to 70% of cases. Magnification: x5000 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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Keywords: anatomical, anatomy, benign, biological, biology, blood, cancer, cell, cells, coloured, electron, false-colour, false-coloured, hematospermia, micrograph, microscope, prostate, scanning, sem, sperm, spermatozoan, symptom