Metastatic tumors to the pancreas, a 12-year single institution review.

While the majority of pancreatic tumors represent primary processes, metastatic tumors to the pancreas represent a possible pitfall. The most common tumors to metastasize to the pancreas in this series were renal cell carcinoma, lung carcinoma, and melanoma. General awareness of the most frequent tumors to metastasize to the pancreas is practical when faced with a pancreatic lesion that could represent a metastasis, or in the absence of clinical history.