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Classical regression methods often yield unreliable results in the presence of outliers or incomplete observations, as commonly seen in clinical and survival data. To address these limitations, we develop a robust Bayesian regression model that incorporates symmetric error distributions such as the Student-t and Cauchy, providing improved resistance to extreme values. The model also explicitly accounts for both right and left censoring through its likelihood structure. Inference is performed using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), allowing for accurate estimation of uncertainty. The proposed approach is validated through simulation studies and two real-world medical applications: lung cancer survival analysis and hospital stay duration modeling. 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