Rafeeu, Rafha https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4082-9352
Symonds, Erin L. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2451-0358
Michael, Michael Z. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5954-7105
Cornthwaite, Kathryn https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5484-3052
Pedersen, Susanne K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5518-1959
Smith, Renee J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2445-0850
Young, Graeme P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9458-8383
Winter, Jean M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2041-8602
Funding for this research was provided by:
Flinders University
Article History
Received: 3 April 2026
Accepted: 14 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All patients provided their written informed consent for enrolment into a Southern Adelaide Clinical Human Research Ethics Committee-approved study (reference number 134.045: Evaluation of blood-based screening tests for colorectal neoplasia; from biomarker candidates to accurate and acceptable tests ), which is registered in the Australia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (registration number #12611000318987).