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Picato

(pih-KAY-toh)
A drug applied to the skin to treat actinic keratosis (thick, scaly growths on the skin that may become cancer). Picato may help kill abnormal cells. It is a type of cytotoxic agent. Also called ingenol mebutate gel.
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