Dr Colin Steele

  • Clinical Senior Lecturer/ Honorary Consultant in Surgery (Clinical Research Garscube)

email: Colin.Steele@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

RI Cancer Sciences, Beatson Institute, Garscube Campus, Switchback Road, Bearsden, G61 1BD

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223

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Number of items: 24.

2025

McMahon, Ross, O'Cathail, Sean ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-9199, Steele, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Nair, Harikrishnan, Platt, Jonathan J., McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905 and Roxburgh, C.S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 (2025) Circulating markers of systemic inflammation, measured after completion of neoadjuvant therapy, associate with response in locally advanced rectal cancer. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, (Accepted for Publication)

2024

Galbraith, N. J. et al. (2024) TAK1 expression is associated with increased PD-L1 and decreased cancer-specific survival in microsatellite-stable colorectal cancer. Translational Oncology, 48, 102064. (doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2024.102064) (PMID:39068768)

Pennel, K. A.F. et al. (2024) JAK/STAT3 represents a therapeutic target for colorectal cancer patients with stromal-rich tumors. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research, 43, 64. (doi: 10.1186/s13046-024-02958-4)

Fetit, R. et al. (2024) Characterising neutrophil subtypes in cancer using scRNA sequencing demonstrates the importance of IL-1β/CXCR2 axis in generation of metastasis specific neutrophils. Cancer Research Communications, 4(2), pp. 588-606. (doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0319) (PMID:38358352) (PMCID:PMC10903300)

2023

Galbraith, N. J. et al. (2023) Effect of differing flap reconstruction strategies in perineal closure following advanced pelvic oncological resection: a retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Surgery, 109(11), pp. 3375-3382. (doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000617) (PMID:37678294) (PMCID:PMC10651229)

McMahon, Ross K., O'Cathail, Sean M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-9199, Nair, Harikrishnan, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Platt, Jonathan J., Digby, Michael, McDonald, Alec C., Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905 and Roxburgh, Campbell S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 (2023) The neoadjuvant rectal score and a novel magnetic resonance imaging based neoadjuvant rectal score are stage independent predictors of long-term outcome in locally advanced rectal cancer. Colorectal Disease, 25(9), pp. 1783-1794. (doi: 10.1111/codi.16667) (PMID:37485654)

Wood, C. S. et al. (2023) Spatially resolved transcriptomics deconvolutes prognostic histological subgroups in patients with colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases. Cancer Research, 83(8), pp. 1329-1344. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-2794) (PMID:37057593) (PMCID:PMC10102851)

2022

Pennel, K. A. F. et al. (2022) CXCL8 expression is associated with advanced stage, right sidedness, and distinct histological features of colorectal cancer. Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research, 8(6), pp. 509-520. (doi: 10.1002/cjp2.290) (PMID:35879507) (PMCID:PMC9535100)

Gould, Laura E., Pring, Edward T., Drami, Ioanna, Moorghen, Morgan, Naghibi, Mani, Jenkins, John T., Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223 and Roxburgh, Campbell S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 (2022) A systematic review of the pathological determinants of outcome following resection by pelvic exenteration of locally advanced and locally recurrent rectal cancer. International Journal of Surgery, 104, 106738. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106738) (PMID:35781038)

2021

Galbraith, Norman J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6354-6946, Wood, Colin and Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223 (2021) Targeting metastatic colorectal cancer with immune oncological therapies. Cancers, 13(14), 3566. (doi: 10.3390/cancers13143566) (PMID:34298779) (PMCID:PMC8307556)

McSorley, Stephen Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Anderson, John H. and McKinlay, Sonya (2021) Comment on 'Preoperative intravenous iron therapy and survival after colorectal cancer surgery: long term results from the IVICA randomised controlled trial'. Colorectal Disease, 23(2), pp. 555-556. (doi: 10.1111/codi.15428) (PMID:33159348)

2020

Golder, A.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0293-139X, Steele, C.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Conn, D., Mackay, G.J., McMillan, D.C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334, Horgan, P.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, Roxburgh, C.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 and McSorley, S.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445 (2020) Authors' reply: Effect of preoperative oral antibiotics in combination with mechanical bowel preparation on inflammatory response and short-term outcomes following left-sided colonic and rectal resections. BJS Open, 4(4), pp. 730-731. (doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50286) (PMID:32297454) (PMCID:PMC7397349)

McSorley, Stephen T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Anderson, John H., Whittle, Thomas, Roxburgh, Campbell S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 and Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223 (2020) The impact of preoperative systemic inflammation on the efficacy of intravenous iron infusion to correct anaemia prior to surgery for colorectal cancer. Perioperative Medicine, 9, 17. (doi: 10.1186/s13741-020-00146-4) (PMID:32537137) (PMCID:PMC7288411)

McSorley, Stephen T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Tham, Alexander ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4601-1621, Dolan, Ross D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5272-5906, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Ramsingh, Jason, Roxburgh, Campbell ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905 and McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 (2020) Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with the postoperative systemic inflammatory response and poorer outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 27, pp. 833-843. (doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07984-7) (PMID:31664621) (PMCID:PMC7000540)

2019

Golder, A.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0293-139X, Steele, C.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Conn, D., Mackay, G.J., McMillan, D.C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334, Horgan, P.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, Roxburgh, C.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 and McSorley, S.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445 (2019) Effect of preoperative oral antibiotics in combination with mechanical bowel preparation on inflammatory response and short‐term outcomes following left‐sided colonic and rectal resections. BJS Open, 3(6), pp. 830-839. (doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50224) (PMID:31832590) (PMCID:PMC6887908)

Jackstadt, R. et al. (2019) Epithelial NOTCH signaling rewires the tumor microenvironment of colorectal cancer to drive poor-prognosis subtypes and metastasis. Cancer Cell, 36(3), 319-336.e7. (doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.08.003) (PMID:31526760) (PMCID:PMC6853173)

Reader, C. S. et al. (2019) The integrin αvβ6 drives pancreatic cancer through diverse mechanisms and represents an effective target for therapy. Journal of Pathology, 249(3), pp. 332-342. (doi: 10.1002/path.5320) (PMID:31259422) (PMCID:PMC6852434)

McSorley, Stephen T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Tham, Alexander ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4601-1621, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Dolan, Ross D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5272-5906, Roxburgh, Campbell S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905 and McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 (2019) Quantitative data on red cell measures of iron status and their relation to the magnitude of the systemic inflammatory response and survival in patients with colorectal cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 45(7), pp. 1205-1211. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.02.027) (PMID:30850153)

McSorley, Stephen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Johnstone, Mark, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Roxburgh, Campbell S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 and Mansouri, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9157-6085 (2019) Normocytic anaemia is associated with systemic inflammation and poorer survival in patients with colorectal cancer treated with curative intent. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 34(3), pp. 401-408. (doi: 10.1007/s00384-018-3211-7) (PMID:30515556)

2018

McSorley, S.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Steele, C.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223 and McMahon, A.J. (2018) Meta‐analysis of oral antibiotics, in combination with preoperative intravenous antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation the day before surgery, compared with intravenous antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation alone to reduce surgical‐site infections in elective colorectal surgery. BJS Open, 2(4), pp. 185-194. (doi: 10.1002/bjs5.68) (PMID:30079387) (PMCID:PMC6069350)

2016

Steele, C. W. et al. (2016) CXCR2 inhibition profoundly suppresses metastases and augments immunotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Cell, 29(6), pp. 832-845. (doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.04.014) (PMID:27265504) (PMCID:PMC4912354)

2015

Palani Velu, Lavanniya K., Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Dickson, Euan, Carter, C. Ross, McKay, Colin J., Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 and Jamieson, Nigel B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-4725 (2015) RE:nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer: long-term survival from a phase III trial. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 107(9), djv204. (doi: 10.1093/jnci/djv204) (PMID:26251329)

Steele, C. et al. (2015) CXCR2 inhibition suppresses acute and chronic pancreatic inflammation. Journal of Pathology, 237(1), pp. 85-97. (doi: 10.1002/path.4555) (PMID:25950520)

Miller, B. W. et al. (2015) Targeting the LOX/hypoxia axis reverses many of the features that make pancreatic cancer deadly: inhibition of LOX abrogates metastasis and enhances drug efficacy. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 7, pp. 1063-1076. (doi: 10.15252/emmm.201404827) (PMID:26077591) (PMCID:PMC4551344)

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Articles

McMahon, Ross, O'Cathail, Sean ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-9199, Steele, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Nair, Harikrishnan, Platt, Jonathan J., McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905 and Roxburgh, C.S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 (2025) Circulating markers of systemic inflammation, measured after completion of neoadjuvant therapy, associate with response in locally advanced rectal cancer. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, (Accepted for Publication)

Galbraith, N. J. et al. (2024) TAK1 expression is associated with increased PD-L1 and decreased cancer-specific survival in microsatellite-stable colorectal cancer. Translational Oncology, 48, 102064. (doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2024.102064) (PMID:39068768)

Pennel, K. A.F. et al. (2024) JAK/STAT3 represents a therapeutic target for colorectal cancer patients with stromal-rich tumors. Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research, 43, 64. (doi: 10.1186/s13046-024-02958-4)

Fetit, R. et al. (2024) Characterising neutrophil subtypes in cancer using scRNA sequencing demonstrates the importance of IL-1β/CXCR2 axis in generation of metastasis specific neutrophils. Cancer Research Communications, 4(2), pp. 588-606. (doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0319) (PMID:38358352) (PMCID:PMC10903300)

Galbraith, N. J. et al. (2023) Effect of differing flap reconstruction strategies in perineal closure following advanced pelvic oncological resection: a retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Surgery, 109(11), pp. 3375-3382. (doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000617) (PMID:37678294) (PMCID:PMC10651229)

McMahon, Ross K., O'Cathail, Sean M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-9199, Nair, Harikrishnan, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Platt, Jonathan J., Digby, Michael, McDonald, Alec C., Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905 and Roxburgh, Campbell S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 (2023) The neoadjuvant rectal score and a novel magnetic resonance imaging based neoadjuvant rectal score are stage independent predictors of long-term outcome in locally advanced rectal cancer. Colorectal Disease, 25(9), pp. 1783-1794. (doi: 10.1111/codi.16667) (PMID:37485654)

Wood, C. S. et al. (2023) Spatially resolved transcriptomics deconvolutes prognostic histological subgroups in patients with colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases. Cancer Research, 83(8), pp. 1329-1344. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-2794) (PMID:37057593) (PMCID:PMC10102851)

Pennel, K. A. F. et al. (2022) CXCL8 expression is associated with advanced stage, right sidedness, and distinct histological features of colorectal cancer. Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research, 8(6), pp. 509-520. (doi: 10.1002/cjp2.290) (PMID:35879507) (PMCID:PMC9535100)

Gould, Laura E., Pring, Edward T., Drami, Ioanna, Moorghen, Morgan, Naghibi, Mani, Jenkins, John T., Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223 and Roxburgh, Campbell S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 (2022) A systematic review of the pathological determinants of outcome following resection by pelvic exenteration of locally advanced and locally recurrent rectal cancer. International Journal of Surgery, 104, 106738. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106738) (PMID:35781038)

Galbraith, Norman J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6354-6946, Wood, Colin and Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223 (2021) Targeting metastatic colorectal cancer with immune oncological therapies. Cancers, 13(14), 3566. (doi: 10.3390/cancers13143566) (PMID:34298779) (PMCID:PMC8307556)

McSorley, Stephen Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Anderson, John H. and McKinlay, Sonya (2021) Comment on 'Preoperative intravenous iron therapy and survival after colorectal cancer surgery: long term results from the IVICA randomised controlled trial'. Colorectal Disease, 23(2), pp. 555-556. (doi: 10.1111/codi.15428) (PMID:33159348)

Golder, A.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0293-139X, Steele, C.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Conn, D., Mackay, G.J., McMillan, D.C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334, Horgan, P.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, Roxburgh, C.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 and McSorley, S.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445 (2020) Authors' reply: Effect of preoperative oral antibiotics in combination with mechanical bowel preparation on inflammatory response and short-term outcomes following left-sided colonic and rectal resections. BJS Open, 4(4), pp. 730-731. (doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50286) (PMID:32297454) (PMCID:PMC7397349)

McSorley, Stephen T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Anderson, John H., Whittle, Thomas, Roxburgh, Campbell S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 and Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223 (2020) The impact of preoperative systemic inflammation on the efficacy of intravenous iron infusion to correct anaemia prior to surgery for colorectal cancer. Perioperative Medicine, 9, 17. (doi: 10.1186/s13741-020-00146-4) (PMID:32537137) (PMCID:PMC7288411)

McSorley, Stephen T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Tham, Alexander ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4601-1621, Dolan, Ross D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5272-5906, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Ramsingh, Jason, Roxburgh, Campbell ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905 and McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 (2020) Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with the postoperative systemic inflammatory response and poorer outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 27, pp. 833-843. (doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07984-7) (PMID:31664621) (PMCID:PMC7000540)

Golder, A.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0293-139X, Steele, C.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Conn, D., Mackay, G.J., McMillan, D.C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334, Horgan, P.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, Roxburgh, C.S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695 and McSorley, S.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445 (2019) Effect of preoperative oral antibiotics in combination with mechanical bowel preparation on inflammatory response and short‐term outcomes following left‐sided colonic and rectal resections. BJS Open, 3(6), pp. 830-839. (doi: 10.1002/bjs5.50224) (PMID:31832590) (PMCID:PMC6887908)

Jackstadt, R. et al. (2019) Epithelial NOTCH signaling rewires the tumor microenvironment of colorectal cancer to drive poor-prognosis subtypes and metastasis. Cancer Cell, 36(3), 319-336.e7. (doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2019.08.003) (PMID:31526760) (PMCID:PMC6853173)

Reader, C. S. et al. (2019) The integrin αvβ6 drives pancreatic cancer through diverse mechanisms and represents an effective target for therapy. Journal of Pathology, 249(3), pp. 332-342. (doi: 10.1002/path.5320) (PMID:31259422) (PMCID:PMC6852434)

McSorley, Stephen T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Tham, Alexander ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4601-1621, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Dolan, Ross D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5272-5906, Roxburgh, Campbell S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905 and McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 (2019) Quantitative data on red cell measures of iron status and their relation to the magnitude of the systemic inflammatory response and survival in patients with colorectal cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 45(7), pp. 1205-1211. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.02.027) (PMID:30850153)

McSorley, Stephen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Johnstone, Mark, Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Roxburgh, Campbell S.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-6695, Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 and Mansouri, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9157-6085 (2019) Normocytic anaemia is associated with systemic inflammation and poorer survival in patients with colorectal cancer treated with curative intent. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 34(3), pp. 401-408. (doi: 10.1007/s00384-018-3211-7) (PMID:30515556)

McSorley, S.T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-8445, Steele, C.W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223 and McMahon, A.J. (2018) Meta‐analysis of oral antibiotics, in combination with preoperative intravenous antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation the day before surgery, compared with intravenous antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation alone to reduce surgical‐site infections in elective colorectal surgery. BJS Open, 2(4), pp. 185-194. (doi: 10.1002/bjs5.68) (PMID:30079387) (PMCID:PMC6069350)

Steele, C. W. et al. (2016) CXCR2 inhibition profoundly suppresses metastases and augments immunotherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Cell, 29(6), pp. 832-845. (doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2016.04.014) (PMID:27265504) (PMCID:PMC4912354)

Palani Velu, Lavanniya K., Steele, Colin W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8518-1223, Dickson, Euan, Carter, C. Ross, McKay, Colin J., Horgan, Paul G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5557-7905, McMillan, Donald C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334 and Jamieson, Nigel B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-4725 (2015) RE:nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer: long-term survival from a phase III trial. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 107(9), djv204. (doi: 10.1093/jnci/djv204) (PMID:26251329)

Steele, C. et al. (2015) CXCR2 inhibition suppresses acute and chronic pancreatic inflammation. Journal of Pathology, 237(1), pp. 85-97. (doi: 10.1002/path.4555) (PMID:25950520)

Miller, B. W. et al. (2015) Targeting the LOX/hypoxia axis reverses many of the features that make pancreatic cancer deadly: inhibition of LOX abrogates metastasis and enhances drug efficacy. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 7, pp. 1063-1076. (doi: 10.15252/emmm.201404827) (PMID:26077591) (PMCID:PMC4551344)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 19:41:43 2025 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • An investigation into colorectal cancer in Scotland
    Beatson Cancer Charity
    2024 - 2025
     
  • The role of TGF-Beta dysregulation and its relationship with tumour microenvironment factors in the development and progression of locally recurrent rectal cancers.
    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
    2024 - 2027
     
  • IL6/JAK/STAT3 pathway in colorectal cancer
    Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser
    2023 - 2025
     
  • Investigating the role of dietary constitution in radiotherapy responses in rectal cancer
    Cancer Research UK
    2023 - 2023
     
  • Defining pro-tumourigenic neutrophil phenotypes and tumour-neutrophil interactions to identify targets for therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer
    UK Research and Innovation
    2022 - 2026
     
  • Identification of novel tumour markers to aid prediction of high risk rectal cancers for local recurrence
    NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Funds
    2022 - 2023
     
  • Combining Radiation with JAK inhibitors as a novel therapeutic strategy
    Cancer Research UK
    2022 - 2022
     
  • Secondary prevention of colorectal liver metastasis via manipultion of the gut-liver axis
    Tenovus Scotland
    2021 - 2022
     
  • Are CXCR2 positive cells important in generating an immunosuppressive metastatic niche for colorectal metastatic disease in the liver?
    Cancer Research UK
    2018 - 2020
     
  • Characterising CXCR2 expressing neutrophils in colorectal liver metastases.
    Academy of Medical Sciences
    2018 - 2020
     
  • Characterising the role of CXCR2 signalling in colorectal cancer metastasis
    Chief Scientist Office
    2017 - 2020