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A 66-year-old man with a 40-pack-per-year history of smoking is investigated for hemoptysis. CXR reveals a central 3-cm mass near the left bronchus. His serum biochemistry is abnormal for elevated calcium, but there is no boney metastasis on the bone scan. Biopsy of the mass is positive for a type of lung cancer associated with paraneoplastic hypercalcemia.For the above patient with lung cancer, select the most likely cell type based on clinical description.

A
squamous cell carcinoma
B
adenocarcinoma
C
large cell carcinoma
D
small cell carcinoma
High-Yield Explanation
Tag: Clinical; Extended MatchingTargetExam: NExTRef: Hypercalcemia may be due to metastatic destruction of bone, ectopic formation of parathyroid hormone, or formation of other osteolytic substances.

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