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Email

finlay.macrae@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary Professorial Fellow
Department of Medicine
Education
Doctorate
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
Monash University
ORCID

0000-0003-4035-9678

Prof Finlay Macrae

Honorary Professorial Fellow
Department of Medicine

787 Scholarly works
17 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Testing interventions to increase participation in the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program among persistent never-screeners: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
    DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09553-2
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A Prospective, Cross-Sectional, Multicenter Study Evaluating a Multi-Target Blood Protein in Vitro Diagnostic Test for Colorectal Cancer
    DOI: 10.1007/s12029-025-01373-y
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Aspirin for cancer prevention in individuals with Lynch syndrome: first results from the CaPP3 multicentre, randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority trial
    DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(26)00114-7
  • 2026

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Testing Interventions to Increase Participation in the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Among Persistent Never-Screeners: Study Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial
  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    SMARTERscreen: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Patient SMS Messaging in General Practice to Increase Participation in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    The CASSOWARY Trial: An RCT of the Clinical Utility and Cost-Effectiveness of a Multi-Cancer Polygenic Risk Score in General Practice.
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Crohn's disease management after intestinal resection: A randomised trial
    DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61908-5
Finlay Macrae

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2017
2016
Graeme Young Oration Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer Control, South Australia
2014
Jeremy Jass Memorial Lecture St Mark’s Hospital, London
2014
Perelberg Award Scotch College

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Lynch syndrome caused by a pathogenic SINE-VNTR-Alu (SVA) insertion in MSH2 gene identified by long-read DNA sequencing
    DOI: 10.1007/s10689-026-00588-7
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Constitutional methylation of the MLH1 promoter: a case series including tumors not typically caused by Lynch Syndrome
    DOI: 10.1038/s41431-026-02149-z
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Incidence Rates of Melanoma and Lung Cancer Are Generally Low in the Lynch Syndromes and Vary Across path_MMR Variants: A Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database Report
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers18132177
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Uncovering the Cost-Effectiveness of Theory-Based Implementation Approaches: A Health Economic Analysis of the Hide and Seek Project Trial
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.11.015
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Renal granuloma as an extraintestinal manifestation in Crohn’s disease: A case report
    DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v14.i10.118527
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Cancer Incidence and Mortality With Aspirin in Older Adults: Follow-Up of the ASPREE Trial
    DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.6196
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Germline MLH1 c.-42 C > T is a likely pathogenic variant predisposing to a reduced-penetrance/modified Lynch syndrome phenotype featuring MLH1-methylated cancers
    DOI: 10.1007/s10689-025-00519-y

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Impact of a One Sample Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) in the National Bowel Screening Program - CVDL

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