How to Use bile duct in a Sentence

bile duct

noun
  • This cancer forms in the bile ducts of the body.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In Tim's case, the tumor was near a bile duct.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Large stones or stones that lodge in bile ducts can lead to serious problems.
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The company said in a statement that the cause was bile duct cancer.
    — New York Times, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Her brother, Roger Rooke, said the cause was bile duct cancer.
    — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Part of her treatment included the insertion of a bile duct stent.
    — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The cause was bile duct cancer, her cousin Edward Conlon said.
    — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Doctors also inserted a bile duct stent as part of treatment.
    — Adam Edelman, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • This sometimes leads to a form of PSC that can affect both large and small bile ducts.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Some of us have to be the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, the bile duct.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Liver disease often damages the bile ducts, which causes a compound called bile salt to build up in the blood.
    — Brittany Risher, SELF, 6 Dec. 2024
  • As part of the treatment, a stent was inserted into Ginsburg’s bile duct.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2019
  • When Payton fell ill with bile duct cancer and other ailments, Suhey helped to care for him.
    — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • The cause was complications from bile duct cancer, said his wife, Sandra.
    — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Orange could be due to certain medications, or an issue with the liver or bile duct.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Shelmerdine was diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer in 2016.
    — Valerie Wu, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Black patients with bile duct cancer are 50% less likely to have surgery compared with patients who are white.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
  • In 2023, he was diagnosed with cancer of the bile ducts that spread to other parts of his body.
    — Lauren Sausser, NBC news, 12 June 2025
  • The disease, which causes the bile ducts to scar up, follows a highly variable and unpredictable course.
    — New York Times, 2 July 2018
  • The system starts with intrahepatic bile ducts in your liver.
    — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Moss revealed that a cancer was discovered outside of his bile duct between his pancreas and liver.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The cause was complications from bile duct cancer, said his wife, Sandra Getler.
    — Bart Barnes, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Other organs are also removed, such as part of the small intestine, the gallbladder, part of the bile duct, and lymph nodes.
    — Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The protective capsule then dissolves inside the new host's intestines, and the liver flukes work their way to the liver via the bile ducts.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The cause was cancer of the bile duct, her husband, the jazz saxophonist Larry Ochs, said.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Ginsburg underwent three weeks of radiation therapy and as part of her treatment had a bile duct stent placed, the court said.
    — Jessica Gresko and Marilynn Marchione, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The study tracked participants’ juice and soft drink intake and the relationship to liver and bile duct cancers.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • Schlarman died Thursday at age 45 following a two-year battle with bile duct cancer.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The stem cells would be chemically induced into a variety of cells within the liver, such as blood vessels and bile ducts.
    — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Four years later, then 12-year-old Christopher Wilke was diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023

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