Question

A 70-year-old male with a 40-year smoking history presents with haemoptysis and unintentional weight loss. A chest X-ray shows a right upper lobe mass. Which type of lung cancer is most commonly associated with parathyroid hormone-related peptide production leading to hypercalcaemia?

Accepted Answer

Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

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Small cell lung cancer

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Adenocarcinoma of the lung

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Large cell carcinoma

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Metastatic melanoma to the lung

Practice question

A 70-year-old male with a 40-year smoking history presents with haemoptysis and unintentional weight loss. A chest X-ray shows a right upper lobe mass. Which type of lung cancer is most commonly associated with parathyroid hormone-related peptide production leading to hypercalcaemia?