How to Use bile duct in a Sentence

bile duct

noun
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  • His wife, Mary Cannon, said the cause was bile duct cancer.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Her brother, Roger Rooke, said the cause was bile duct cancer.
    — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The company said in a statement that the cause was bile duct cancer.
    — New York Times, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The cause was bile duct cancer, her cousin Edward Conlon said.
    — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Some of us have to be the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, the bile duct.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The cause was cancer of the bile duct, her husband, the jazz saxophonist Larry Ochs, said.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • When Payton fell ill with bile duct cancer and other ailments, Suhey helped to care for him.
    — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • Shelmerdine was diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer in 2016.
    — Valerie Wu, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Part of her treatment included the insertion of a bile duct stent.
    — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • As part of the treatment, a stent was inserted into Ginsburg’s bile duct.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2019
  • In the new study, the researchers first used pCLE on cancer patients who were undergoing surgery to remove the pancreas and the bile duct.
    — Rachael Rettner, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Payton dies of bile duct cancer and liver failure at age 45.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The disease, which causes the bile ducts to scar up, follows a highly variable and unpredictable course.
    — New York Times, 2 July 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • The cause was complications from bile duct cancer, said his wife, Sandra Getler.
    — Bart Barnes, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
  • His wife, Valerie Natsios-Mundell, said the cause was cancer of the bile duct, diagnosed in January.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The cause was complications from bile duct cancer, said his wife, Sandra.
    — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The cancer was discovered in his bile duct last November.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Doctors also inserted a bile duct stent as part of treatment.
    — Adam Edelman, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • His wife, Sandra Getler, confirmed the death, of bile duct cancer at a hospice facility near his home.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Soon after, Brown told the Wisconsin State Journal, a tumor was found between his pancreas and bile duct.
    — Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2022
  • With the camera on, doctors immediately found the source of the problem: Large flatworms were seen spilling out of the bile duct into the small intestine.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Earlier that week, Brack had been diagnosed with late-stage cancer in his bile duct, a tube that connects the liver to the small intestine.
    — Max Blau, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • But when the endoscopic laser was used to remove the pancreas and bile duct in a dozen patients with cancer, the odd spaces became obvious.
    — Alice Park, Time, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The cause was cholangiocarcinoma, cancer of the bile duct, said his wife, Valerie Natsios-Mundell.
    — Tom Redburn, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Schlarman died Thursday at age 45 following a two-year battle with bile duct cancer.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2020

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