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Standardised SCD and PCNA scores were combined with equal weighting to generate a secondary exploratory z-score. Associations with clinicopathological characteristics were assessed using appropriate univariable analyses, while the relationship between SCD and PCNA and the potential incremental contribution of SCD beyond PCNA were examined using correlation and exploratory regression-based analyses. ROC analyses were used only as exploratory descriptions of statistical separation between predefined clinicopathological groups. Results: Observations from supportive public databases indicated that SCD expression was higher in tumour tissue compared to normal tissue at both the transcriptomic and proteomic levels. In the institutional cohort, SCD expression was elevated in tumour tissue relative to matched non-neoplastic mucosa and was associated primarily with histological grade but not with nodal status or pathological stage. SCD showed a modest positive correlation with PCNA. The secondary exploratory combined SCD\u2013PCNA score was associated with histological grade and with nodal status but did not outperform PCNA alone. Adding SCD to PCNA provided only limited incremental information for G3 histology and no incremental value for nodal involvement. Conclusions: SCD is a tumour-associated metabolic marker in colon adenocarcinoma, with its strongest association observed for histological grade. 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