Metastatic tumors in oral mucosa and jawbones: Unusual primary origins and unusual oral locations.

Aim: To perform clinico-pathological characterization of a large series of oral metastases, collected from 3 main medical centers in Israel and compare findings to data on frequency of primary cancer types in the population.

Materials: Pathology archives were searched for cases of metastatic tumors to the oral soft tissues and jawbones, 1990 - 2016. Metastases to the skin of face or to major salivary glands have been excluded.