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Robert J Steele

- Verified email at dundee.ac.uk - Cited by 33802

Robert Steele

- Verified email at quantic.edu - Cited by 4625

Robert E. Steele

- Verified email at uci.edu - Cited by 4335

Guidelines for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in moderate and high risk groups (update from 2002)

SR Cairns, JH Scholefield, RJ Steele, MG Dunlop… - Gut, 2010 - gut.bmj.com
The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and the Association of Coloproctology for
Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) commissioned this update of the 2002 guidance. The …

[HTML][HTML] A review of sex-related differences in colorectal cancer incidence, screening uptake, routes to diagnosis, cancer stage and survival in the UK

A White, L Ironmonger, RJC Steele, N Ormiston-Smith… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is an illness strongly influenced by sex and gender,
with mortality rates in males significantly higher than females. There is still a dearth of …

Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: Cnidaria

U Technau, RE Steele - Development, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
There is growing interest in the use of cnidarians (corals, sea anemones, jellyfish and
hydroids) to investigate the evolution of key aspects of animal development, such as the …

[HTML][HTML] Preoperative radiotherapy versus selective postoperative chemoradiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer (MRC CR07 and NCIC-CTG C016): a multicentre …

D Sebag-Montefiore, RJ Stephens, R Steele, J Monson… - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Background Preoperative or postoperative radiotherapy reduces the risk of local recurrence
in patients with operable rectal cancer. However, improvements in surgery and …

Sea anemone genome reveals ancestral eumetazoan gene repertoire and genomic organization

NH Putnam, M Srivastava, U Hellsten, B Dirks… - science, 2007 - science.org
Sea anemones are seemingly primitive animals that, along with corals, jellyfish, and hydras,
constitute the oldest eumetazoan phylum, the Cnidaria. Here, we report a comparative …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the plane of surgery achieved on local recurrence in patients with operable rectal cancer: a prospective study using data from the MRC CR07 and …

P Quirke, R Steele, J Monson, R Grieve, S Khanna… - The Lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
Background Local recurrence rates in operable rectal cancer are improved by radiotherapy
(with or without chemotherapy) and surgical techniques such as total mesorectal excision …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamic genome of Hydra

JA Chapman, EF Kirkness, O Simakov, SE Hampson… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
The freshwater cnidarian Hydra was first described in 1702 and has been the object of study
for 300 years. Experimental studies of Hydra between 1736 and 1744 culminated in the …

Mutations in APC, Kirsten-ras, and p53—alternative genetic pathways to colorectal cancer

G Smith, FA Carey, J Beattie… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Colorectal cancer is one of the most significant causes of cancer death. A genetic model for
colorectal cancer has been proposed in which the sequential accumulation of mutations in …

Implementation of a bundle of quality indicators for the early management of severe sepsis and septic shock is associated with decreased mortality

HB Nguyen, SW Corbett, R Steele, J Banta… - Critical care …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the outcome implications of
implementing a severe sepsis bundle in an emergency department as a quality indicator set …

Elderly persons' perception and acceptance of using wireless sensor networks to assist healthcare

R Steele, A Lo, C Secombe, YK Wong - International journal of medical …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: This is an exploratory study carrying out qualitative research into the
perceptions, attitudes and concerns of elderly persons towards wireless sensor network …