Professor Bob Steele did his initial surgical and academic training in Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Aberdeen and was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Nottingham in 1990. He was then appointed Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Dundee in 1996 and as Professor of Surgery and Head of the University Department of Surgery in 2003.

His initial research interests were in breast cancer and, working for Professor Sir Patrick Forrest, he developed the concept of auxiliary node sampling. In Hong Kong, his interest shifted to upper gastrointestinal disease and he was instrumental in developing and introducing endoscopic haemostasis for bleeding peptic ulcer.

Steele, R. J. C., Stanners, G., Lang, J., Brewster, D. H., Carey, F. A. & Fraser, C. G. Interval cancers in a national colorectal cancer screening programme In : United European Gastroenterology Journal. Aug 2016 4, 4, p. 587-594 8 p. Negm, O. H., Hamed, M. R., Schoen, R. E., Whelan, R. L., Steele, R. J., Scholefield, J., Dilnot, E. M., Shantha Kumara, H. M. C., Robertson, J. F. R. & Sewell, H. F. Human blood autoantibodies in the detection of colorectal cancer 6 Jul 2016 In : PLoS ONE. 11, 7, 14 p., e0156971 Digby, J., Fraser, C. G., Carey, F. A., Diament, R. H., Balsitis, M. & Steele, R. J. C. Faecal haemoglobin concentration is related to detection of advanced colorectal neoplasia in the next screening round 1 Jul 2016 In : Journal of Medical Screening. 7 p. Steele, R. J. C. Report of ACPGBI President, Jul 2016 In : Colorectal Disease. 18, 7, p. 664-666 3 p. Anderson, A., Caswell, S., Macleod, M., Steele, R., Berg, J., Dunlop, J., Stead, M., Eadie, D. & O'Carroll, R. E. Health behaviors and their relationship with disease control in people attending genetic clinics with a family history of breast or colorectal cancer 17 Jun 2016 In : Journal of Genetic Counseling. 12 p. Young, G. P. , Senore, C. , Mandel, J. S. , Allison, J. E. , Atkin, W. S. , Benamouzig, R. , Bossuyt, P. M. M. , Silva, M. D. , Guittet, L. , Halloran, S. P. , Haug, U. , Hoff, G. , Itzkowitz, S. H. , Leja, M. , Levin, B. , Meijer, G. A. , O'Morain, C. A. , Parry, S. , Rabeneck, L. , Rozen, P. & 6 others Saito, H., Schoen, R. E., Seaman, H. E., Steele, R. J. C., Sung, J. J. Y. & Winawer, S. J. Recommendations for a step-wise comparative approach to the evaluation of new screening tests for colorectal cancer 15 Mar 2016 In : Cancer. 122, 6, p. 826-839 14 p. Miles, A., Mcclements, P. L., Steele, R. J. C., Redeker, C., Sevdalis, N. & Wardle, J. Perceived diagnostic delay and cancer-related distress: A cross-sectional study of patients with colorectal cancer 11 Feb 2016 In : Psycho-Oncology. Benton, S., Steele, R., Logan, R., Djedovic, N., Smith, S. & Addison, C. NICE referral guidelines for suspected cancer: colorectal cancer and faecal occult blood testing 1 Jan 2016 In : Annals of Clinical Biochemistry. 53, 1, p. 7-9 3 p. Digby, J., Fraser, C. G., Carey, F. A., Lang, J., Stanners, G. & Steele, R. J. C. Interval cancers using a quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for haemoglobin when colonoscopy capacity is limited In 19 Nov 2015 : Journal of Medical Screening. 5 p. Drew, J. E., Farquharson, A. J., Vase, H., Carey, F. A., Steele, R. J. C., Ross, R. A. & Bunton, D. C. Molecular profiling of multiplexed gene markers to assess viability of ex vivo human colon explant cultures Nov 2015 In : BioResearch Open Access. 4, 1, p. 425-430 6 p. Munro, A., Brown, M., Niblock, P., Steele, R. & Carey, F. Do Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) processes influence survival in patients with colorectal cancer? A population-based experience 13 Oct 2015 In : BMC Cancer. 15, 686, 9 p., 686 O'Carroll, R. E., Chambers, J. A., Brownlee, L. A., Libby, G. & Steele, R. J. C. Anticipated regret to increase uptake of colorectal cancer screening (ARTICS): a randomised controlled trial Oct 2015 In : Social Science and Medicine. 142, p. 118-127 10 p. Miles, A., McClements, P. L., Steele, R. J. C., Redeker, C., Sevdalis, N. & Wardle, J. The psychological impact of a colorectal cancer diagnosis following a negative fecal occult blood test result 24 Jul 2015 In : Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 24, 7, p. 1032-1038 7 p. Anderson, A. S. & Steele, R. J. C. Time to stand up and make a difference 8 Jul 2015 In : BMJ. 351, 1 p., h3141 Steele, R. J. C., Anderson, A. S., Macleod, M., Craigie, A. M., Caswell, S., Belch, J., Treweek, S. & on behalf of the BeWEL team Colorectal adenomas and diabetes: implications for disease prevention Jul 2015 In : Colorectal Disease. 17, 7, p. 589-594 6 p. Stead, M., Craigie, A. M., Macleod, M., McKell, J., Caswell, S., Steele, R. J. C. & Anderson, A. S. Why are some people more successful at lifestyle change than others?: Factors associated with successful weight loss in the BeWEL randomised controlled trial of adults at risk of colorectal cancer Jun 2015 In : International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 12, 12 p., 87 Amankwatia, E. B., Chakravarty, P., Carey, F. A., Weidlich, S., Steele, R. J. C., Munro, A. J., Wolf, C. R. & Smith, G. MicroRNA-224 is associated with colorectal cancer progression and response to 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy by KRAS-dependent and-independent mechanisms 28 Apr 2015 In : British Journal of Cancer. 112, 9, p. 1480-1490 11 p. McDermott, F. D., Heeney, A., Kelly, M. E., Steele, R. J., Carlson, G. L. & Winter, D. C. Systematic review of preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative risk factors for colorectal anastomotic leaks Apr 2015 In : British Journal of Surgery. 102, 5, p. 462-479 18 p. Sung, J. J. Y., Ng, S. C., Chan, F. K. L., Chiu, H. M., Kim, H. S., Matsuda, T., Ng, S. S. M., Lau, J. Y. W., Zheng, S., Adler, S., Reddy, N., Yeoh, K. G., Tsoi, K. K. F., Ching, J. Y. L., Kuipers, E. J., Rabeneck, L., Young, G. P., Steele, R. J., Lieberman, D. & Goh, K. L. An updated Asia Pacific Consensus Recommendations on colorectal cancer screening Jan 2015 In : Gut. 64, 1, p. 121-132 12 p. Anderson, A. S., Caswell, S., Macleod, M., Craigie, A. M., Stead, M. & Steele, R. J. C. Awareness of lifestyle and colorectal cancer risk: findings from the BeWEL study 2015 In : BioMed Research International. 5 p., 871613 Mowat, C., Digby, J., Strachan, J. A., Wilson, R., Carey, F. A., Fraser, C. G. & Steele, R. J. C. Faecal haemoglobin and faecal calprotectin as indicators of bowel disease in patients presenting to primary care with bowel symptoms 2015 In : Gut. 8 p. Drew, J. E., Farquharson, A. J., Mayer, C. D., Vase, H. F., Coates, P. J., Steele, R. J. & Carey, F. A. Predictive gene signatures: molecular markers distinguishing colon adenomatous polyp and carcinoma 25 Nov 2014 In : PLoS ONE. 9, 11, 20 p., e113071 Abukar, A. A., Parcell, B. J., Lim, C. B., Patil, P. V., Ramsanahie, A., Carey, F., Steele, R. J. C. & Thaha, M. A. Malignancy within a tail gut cyst: a case of retrorectal carcinoid tumour 13 Nov 2014 In : Case Reports in Surgery. 2014, 4 p., 454502 Libby, G., Brewster, D. H. & Steele, R. J. C. Impact of faecal occult blood test screening on emergency admissions and short-term outcomes for colorectal cancer Nov 2014 In : British Journal of Surgery. 101, 12, p. 1607-1615 9 p.