*Article* **Applications of the Sine Modified Lindley Distribution to Biomedical Data**

**Lishamol Tomy 1, Veena G <sup>2</sup> and Christophe Chesneau 3,\***


**Abstract:** In this paper, the applicability of the sine modified Lindley distribution, recently introduced in the statistical literature, is highlighted via the goodness-of-fit approach on biological data. In particular, it is shown to be beneficial in estimating and modeling the life periods of growth hormone guinea pigs given tubercle bacilli, growth hormone treatment for children, and the size of tumors in cancer patients. We anticipate that our model will be effective in modeling the survival times of diseases related to cancer. The R codes for the figures, as well as information on how the data are processed, are provided.

**Keywords:** goodness-of-fit; biomedical data; Lindley distribution; trigonometric function; continuous distribution
