This paper aims to discuss the Bayesian estimation approach for the zero-inflated cure class of models, which extends the standard cure model by accommodating zero-inflated data in the survival analysis context. A comprehensive simulation study is carried out to assess the performance of the estimation procedure. A new estimation methodology is illustrated using a real dataset related to women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in Brazil.

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