DIAGNOSIS OF COLORECTAL CANCER USING TARGETED QUANTIFICATION OF SITE-SPECIFIC PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION

The present disclosure encompasses systems, methods, and compositions for diagnosing a subject for a high-grade advanced pre-malignant lesions or colorectal cancer (CRC) disease state by ascertaining the presence of certain one or more glycosylated or aglycosylated peptides in liquid biopsy samples from the subject. Specific embodiments encompass methods of measuring certain one or more glycosylated or aglycosylated peptides in liquid biopsy samples from subjects known to have or suspected of having a high-grade advanced pre-malignant lesions or CRC disease state or subjects undergoing routine health care maintenance for possible presence of a high-grade advanced pre-malignant lesions or CRC disease state. The disclosure provides systems, methods, and compositions to identify subjects at-risk for CRC or high-grade advanced pre-malignant lesions and increases subject colonoscopy compliance, in specific embodiments.