PATRICIA T. KELLY, Ph.D. — Biographical Information

Dr. Kelly is a medical geneticist who has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Genetics since 1982. In 1993 she became a Founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. She received her Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1971. Her initial work focused on genetic counseling for reproductive decisions and led to her book, Dealing with Dilemma: A Manual for Genetic Counselors (New York, Springer-Verlag, 1977).

For over twenty-five years Dr. Kelly has specialized in Cancer Risk Assessment and Counseling, making use of information from medicine, genetics, and epidemiology to analyze hereditary and non-hereditary cancer risks, and to communicate these risks to concerned individuals and their families in a thoughtful, thorough manner. She is the author of Assess Your True Risk of Breast Cancer (New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2000), and Understanding Breast Cancer Risk (Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1991), and of numerous articles on Cancer Risk Assessment and Counseling. She is particularly interested in developing effective ways to integrate cancer risk information into general medical practice and to communicate changing, technical information to individuals from different backgrounds and with differing perspectives.

In recent years Dr. Kelly has offered Cancer Risk Assessment training programs and consultations to physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. These programs and consultations provide practical training for health professionals as well as effective educational materials for use with patients and other concerned individuals.

Dr. Kelly has a private Cancer Risk Assessment and Counseling practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Selected Publications, Patricia T. Kelly, Ph.D.

Kelly, P.T. Non-reciprocal intragenic mitotic recombination in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetic Research 23:1-12, 1974.

Kelly, P.T. The role of the intake interview in genetic counseling. Am J Human Genetics 27:53A, 1975 (abstract).

Kelly, P.T. Other side of the bridge. Genetic Counseling 17:110, April 1975 (column).

Kelly, P.T. Consequences of good news. Genetic Counseling 18:116, May 1975 (column).

Kelly, P.T. Opening a genetic counseling session: The social and physical environment. Genetic Counseling 20:128, July 1975 (column).

Kelly, P.T. Dealing with Dilemma: A manual for Genetic Counselors. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1977.

Feingold, M., Holmes, L.B., Hsia, Y.E., Kelly, P.T., Manahan, W.D., Riccardi, V.M., Peske, E.D.
   Amniocentesis: For whom, by whom? Patient Care 11:16-61, 1977.
   Practical genetics for family doctors. Patient care 12:112-172, 1978.
   Explaining the facts of heritability. Patient Care 12:98-129, 1978.

Kelly, P.T. Breast self-examinations: Who does them and why? J Behavioral Medicine 2:31-38, 1979.

Kelly, P.T. Careers in genetic counseling. In: Women in Health Careers - A guide for Career Exploration. S. Ruzek (Ed.). Program on Women. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University, 1979.

Kelly, P.T. Counseling needs of women with a maternal history of breast cancer. Patient Counseling and Health Education 2:118-124, 1980.

Kelly, P.T. Refinements in breast cancer risk analysis. Archives of Surgery 116:364-365, 1981.

Kelly, P.T. and Anderson, D.E. Familial breast cancer: Risks to sisters and daughters. Your Patient and Cancer May 1981, pp. 25-32.

Kelly, P.T. Genetic Counseling. In: Living with Cancer. E.H. Rosenbaum (Ed.). St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Company, 1982 (Section).

Kelly, P.T. In: A Woman's Choice: New Options in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. M. Spletter. Boston, Beacon Press, 1982 (Foreword).

Kelly, P.T. "High Risk" women: Breast cancer concerns and health practices. Frontiers in Radiation Therapy and Oncology 17:11-15, 1983.

Kelly, P.T. Genetic counseling with the cancer patient's family. Current Problems in Cancer 7:15 41, 1983.

Kelly, P.T. Breast cancer risk analysis in breast care management. Cancer Bulletin 35:53-57, 1983.

Kelly, P.T. Counseling persons who have family histories of cancer. In: Cancer Prevention in Clinical Medicine. G.R. Newell (Ed.). New York, Raven Press, 1983.

Kelly, P.T. Families and cancer: The role of inheritance. In: How to Prevent Cancer: A Practical Approach to Reduce Your Cancer Risk. E.H. Rosenbaum (Ed.). St. Louis, C.V. Mosby Company, 1983.

Kelly, P.T. Breast cancer risk and your patient: New information makes more accurate analyses possible. What’s New in Cancer Care. San Francisco, West Coast Cancer Foundation Publication, April 1983.

Kelly, P.T. and Westdahl, P.R. Breast cancer risk analysis. Archives of Surgery 121:973-974, 1986 (letter).

Kelly, P.T. Risk counseling for relatives of cancer patients: New information, new approaches. J of Psychosocial Oncology 5:65-79, 1987.

Kelly, P.T. Risk of breast cancer: Some genetic and epidemiological factors. In: Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction. T.D. Gant and L.O. Vasconez (Eds.). Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1988.

Kelly, P.T. Projecting breast cancer probabilities. JNCI 82:879-880, 1990 (letter).

Kelly, P.T. Understanding Breast Cancer Risk. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1991.

Kelly, P.T. Breast cancer risk analysis. Innovations In Oncology Nursing 7:4-6, 1991.

Kelly, P.T. Breast cancer risk analysis: A genetic epidemiology service for families. J Genetic Counseling 1:155-168, 1992.

Kelly, P.T Informational needs of individuals and families with hereditary cancers. Seminars in Oncology Nursing 8:228-292, 1992.

Kelly, P.T. Letter to the editor, J of Genetic Counseling 2:120-122, 1993.

Kelly, P.T. Breast cancer risk: The role of the nurse practitioner. Nurse Practitioner Forum 4:91-95, 1993.

Kelly, P.T. Cancer risk counseling for individuals and families at increased cancer risk. The Cancer Bulletin 46: 275-276, 1994.

Kelly, P.T. Cancer risk information services: Promise and pitfalls. The Breast Journal 2:233 237, 1996.

Kelly, P.T. Talking to patients with noninvasive breast cancer: Information relieves anxiety and facilitates informed consent. In: Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. M.J. Silverstein, M.D. Lagios, D.N. Poller, A. Recht (Eds.)., Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins (1997).

Kelly, P.T. Breast cancer risk assessment and counseling: A clinician's guide. The Breast J 3:1-7, 1997.

Kelly, P.T. Breast cancer hereditary risk assessment and counseling services. In: Breast Care: A Clinical Guidebook for Women's Primary Health Care Providers. W.H. Hindle (Ed.), NY, Springer, 1999.

Kelly, P.T. Hereditary breast cancer : Risk assessment is the easy part. The Breast J 5:52-58, 1999.

Kelly, P.T. Will cancer risk assessment and counseling services survive genetic testing? Acta Oncol 38:743-746, 1999.

Kelly, P.T. Hereditary breast cancer: Risk Assessment is the easy part. In: Year Book of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health. D.R. Mishell, A.L. Herbst, T.H. Kirschbaum et al. (Eds.), St. Louis, Mosby, 2000.

Kelly, P.T. Assess Your True Risk of Breast Cancer. NY, Henry Holt and Co., 2000

Kelly, P.T. The role of absolute risk information in helping patients make decisions about DCIS. In: Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. M.J. Silverstein,  A. Recht, and M.D. Lagios, (Eds.), Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Second Edition, pp. 571-576, 2002.

Kelly, P.T. Cancer and the family’s needs. In: Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy. M. Dollinger , E.H.Rosenbaum, M. Tempero, S.J. Mulvihill (Eds.). Kansas City, Andrews-McMeel, 2002.

Kelly,P.T. Recent HRT studies: The Findings in Perspective. San Francisco Medicine, August 2002.

Kelly, P.T. Genetic counseling and cancer risk: Clinically Relevant Information Is Key. San Francisco Medicine, June/July 2003.

Kelly, P.T. WHI Study: One year later. San Francisco Medicine, September 2003.

Kelly, P.T. Women’s Health Initiative Results: Breast Cancer Risk in Perspective. The Breast Journal 9: 449-451, 2003.

Kelly, P.T. Genetics, culture and cancer: Understanding risk. In: Cultural Differences in the Treatment and Survival from Cancer in the United Kingdom and in the United States: How to Talk to Patients. Moore RJ and Spiegel D (Eds.). NY, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004.

Kelly, P.T. Cancer Risks in Perspective: Information and Approaches for Clinicians. In: Genetic Testing: Care, Consent, and Liability.  Sharpe NF and  Carter RF (Eds.). NY, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
For more information about hereditary and non-hereditary breast and other cancer risks, genetic testing, and training programs for health professionals in Cancer Risk Assessment, contact: Patricia T. Kelly, Ph.D., Medical Geneticist
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