About the Authors

Lawrence C. LaPointe

larry.lapointe@flinders.edu.au

Affiliations Flinders Centre for Cancer Prevention and Control, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Susanne K. Pedersen

Affiliation Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Dunne

Affiliation Preventative Health National Research Flagship, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Glenn S. Brown

Affiliation Preventative Health National Research Flagship, CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Letitia Pimlott

Affiliation Flinders Centre for Cancer Prevention and Control, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Snigdha Gaur

Affiliation Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Aidan McEvoy

Affiliation Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Melissa Thomas

Affiliation Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

David Wattchow

Affiliation Flinders Centre for Cancer Prevention and Control, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Peter L. Molloy

Affiliation Preventative Health National Research Flagship, CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Graeme P. Young

Affiliation Flinders Centre for Cancer Prevention and Control, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

This work was co-funded by Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd, a company involved in the discovery and commercialization of biomarkers for colorectal cancer. Drs. LaPointe, Pedersen, Gaur, McEvoy and Thomas are employed by Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd. Prof. Young is a paid consultant of Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCL PLM GPY. Performed the experiments: LCL SKP GSB SG AM MT. Analyzed the data: LCL SKP RD GSB PLM GPY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LCL GSB LP SG AM MT DW. Wrote the paper: LCL SKP RD PLM GPY.