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Priscilla J. Banks
Researcher at Cancer Prevention Institute of California
Publications - 11
Citations - 1893
Priscilla J. Banks is an academic researcher from Cancer Prevention Institute of California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Social support. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 11 publications receiving 1784 citations. Previous affiliations of Priscilla J. Banks include University of California, San Francisco.
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Body image and sexual problems in young women with breast cancer
TL;DR: The frequency of body image and sexual problems in the first months after treatment among women diagnosed with breast cancer at age 50 or younger is determined.
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Then and now: quality of life of young breast cancer survivors.
TL;DR: A large number of women under age 50, a quarter of all cases of breast cancer, are especially vulnerable to physical and psychosocial late effects of their treatment due to having more aggressive treatment and their relative youth.
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Sources of support and the physical and mental well-being of young women with breast cancer.
TL;DR: The results indicate the importance of social resources on well-being following life-threatening illness and the size of the social network wasrelated to greater emotional and instrumental support, and greater emotional support was related to better mental well- being.
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Intrusiveness of illness and quality of life in young women with breast cancer
TL;DR: Test a theoretical model that explains quality of life as a function of the intrusiveness of illness encroaching on the different domains of one's life and found that neither time post‐diagnosis nor type of treatment affected the psychological component of quality ofLife.
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Quality of life of younger breast cancer survivors: Persistence of problems and sense of well-being
TL;DR: Ten years after diagnosis, women diagnosed with breast cancer at age 50 or younger were assessed to determine whether quality of life problems found at five years persisted, and predicted that QOL in the physical and social domains would be poorer, but improvements would be found in the psychological domain.