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What can a doctor do for actinic keratoses?
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Actinic keratosis: Treatment of actinic keratosis includes: cryotherapy or 5-fluoouracil or Imiquimod or photodynamic therapy or diclofenac or the new picato (ingenol mebutate).
Answered 6/25/2014
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Multiple options: Treatment options include cryotherapy, photodynamic therapy, or treatment with creams such as efudex, carac. Aldara, or picato (ingenol mebutate).
Answered 2/20/2015
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