A 58-year-old man presents with weight loss and haemoptysis. He has smoked most of his life. On examination he is clubbed and has clinical evidence of right pleural effusion. His serum calcium is 3.2mM. Which of the following histological type of lung cancer is he most likely to suffer from?

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