A 77-Year-Old Lifetime Smoker Has Been Diagnosed with a Tumor

Multiple Choice

A 77-year-old lifetime smoker has been diagnosed with a tumor in his lung at the site of an old tubercle scarring site, located in a peripheral area of his bronchiolar tissue. What is this client's most likely diagnosis?

A) Squamous cell carcinoma
B) Small cell lung cancer
C) Large cell carcinoma
D) Adenocarcinoma