School of Nursing

Research Interests

•   Oncology nursing

•   Social functioning care for patients with head and neck cancer

•   Survivorship care for thyroid cancer survivors

•   Case management models

Publications

1.    Wu, J. H., Chen, M. R., & Lai, Y. H. (in press). Nursing experience of caring for a patient with recurrent oral cancer and ineffective coping. Taiwan Journal of Oncology Nursing. [In Chinese]

2.    Chen, M. R., Fang, Y. Y., Chen, Y. J., Lou, P. J., Wang, C. P., Ko, J. Y., Chen, S. C., Lee, Y. H., & Lai, Y. H. (2025). Screening for levels of social difficulties and unemployment in head and neck cancer patients by University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire (UW-QOL): Current status and cut-off point establishment. Journal of Dental Sciences, 20(3), 1869–1876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2025.05.003

3.    Tadsuan, J., Lai, Y.-H., Lee, Y.-H., & Chen, M. R. (2024). The effectiveness of exercise interventions on psychological distress in patients with lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, 20(3), 910–926. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-024-01696-y

4.    Hsu, C. C., Lee, Y. H., Chen, M. R., Yang, C. H., Shih, J. Y., Liao, W. Y., Hsiao, M. P., & Lai, Y. H. (2024). Hope and its relationship with treatment/physical related factors in lung cancer patients receiving immunotherapy. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 124(7), 660–665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2024.06.023

5.    Hsu, C. C., & Chen, M. R. (2024). Nursing experience of applying Swanson’s caring theory in caring for a patient with terminal pancreatic cancer and the patient’s spouse. Kaohsiung Journal of Nursing, 41(1), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.6692/KJN.202404_41(1).0009 [In Chinese]

6.    Tsai, P. L., Wang, C. P., Fang, Y. Y., Chen, Y. J., Chen, S. C., Chen, M. R., Ko, J. Y., Lin, J. J., Lou, P. J., & Lai, Y. H. (2023). Return to work in head and neck cancer survivors: Its relationship with functional, psychological, and disease-treatment factors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice, 17(6), 1715–1724. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-022-01224-w

7.    Fang, Y. Y., Wang, C. P., Chen, Y. J., Lou, P. J., Ko, J. Y., Lin, J. J., Chen, M. R., & Lai, Y. H. (2021). Physical activity and fitness in survivors of head and neck cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(11), 6807–6817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06192-y

8.    Hu, C. C., Yu, K. L., Tsai, L. Y., Chen, M. R., Hsiao, M. P., Chang, H. Y., & Lai, Y. H. (2019). Needs-based care for patients with cancer: Assessment and clinical application. Taiwan Journal of Oncology Nursing, 19, 5–17. https://doi.org/10.6880/TJON.201911/SP_19.01 [In Chinese]

9.    Chen, M. R., Chen, S. C., Lai, Y. H., Chiang, C. C., Hsieh, H. C., & Chen, S. N. (2015). Nursing experience of caring for a patient receiving first-time radiotherapy after surgery for tongue cancer. Taiwan Journal of Oncology Nursing, 15(1), 47–58. https://doi.org/10.3966/168395442015061501006 [In Chinese]