D-dimer as a Predictive Factor of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in Operable Breast Cancer Patients in the Teaching Hospital of Universitas Sumatera Utara.

Background: Axillary lymph node (ALN) involvement in breast cancer (BC) is considered to be a significant factor in determining the diseases' extent at the moment. The spreading capacity of cancerous cells may linearly correlate with its activity level, which in turn alter the coagulation function as commonly represented by fibrin degradation biomarker i.e.