"The successful recruitment and study of cancer survivors within psycho-oncology research can be challenging, time-consuming, and expensive, particularly for key subgroups such as young adult cancer survivors.
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" Online crowdsourcing platforms offer a potential solution that has not yet been investigated with regard to cancer populations. The current study assessed the presence of cancer survivors on Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) and the feasibility of using MTurk as an efficient, cost-effective, and reliable psycho-oncology recruitment and research platform."
Abstract:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.4173/abstract;jsessionid=8F21C2F858985A6A1F66FE9DE495651E.f02t03
" Online crowdsourcing platforms offer a potential solution that has not yet been investigated with regard to cancer populations. The current study assessed the presence of cancer survivors on Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) and the feasibility of using MTurk as an efficient, cost-effective, and reliable psycho-oncology recruitment and research platform."
Abstract:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.4173/abstract;jsessionid=8F21C2F858985A6A1F66FE9DE495651E.f02t03