# Triple Negative Breast Cancer With Choroidal Metastasis Responsive to Sacituzumab Govitecan and Radiation Therapy

**Authors:** Nellie Nafissi, Aditya Mahadevan, Elaine Chiao, Nejina Rijal, Ritesh Parajuli

PMC · DOI: 10.1002/cnr2.70462 · Cancer Reports · 2026-02-06

## TL;DR

A patient with triple negative breast cancer and eye metastases showed improvement after treatment with sacituzumab govitecan and radiation therapy.

## Contribution

This is the first reported case of successful treatment of orbital metastases in triple negative breast cancer using sacituzumab govitecan and radiation.

## Key findings

- The patient's choroidal metastases significantly decreased after one cycle of sacituzumab govitecan and radiation therapy.
- Sacituzumab govitecan may be effective in treating triple negative breast cancer with CNS metastases despite prior exclusion from clinical trials.

## Abstract

Orbital metastases are rare in patients with breast cancer. However, medical management of orbital metastases is limited by the inability of treatment options to penetrate the blood‐brain barrier. In patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), these treatment options are further limited. Sacituzumab govitecan, an antibody‐drug conjugate, has emerged as a promising agent for metastatic TNBC. However, to date, patients with central nervous system (CNS) disease have been excluded from corresponding clinical trials, making the efficacy of sacituzumab govitecan in patients with orbital metastases unclear.

A 61‐year‐old female was initially diagnosed with a left breast hormone receptor positive invasive ductal carcinoma, receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy with doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and docetaxel and a partial mastectomy. Several years later, the patient presented with a cough and was subsequently diagnosed with metastatic triple negative breast cancer with hepatic, osseous, and right supraclavicular and thoracic nodal metastases. Concurrently, the patient noted floaters in her vision, later found to be consistent with orbital metastases. The patient received radiation therapy to both eyes and was started on Sacituzumab govitecan. Following cycle 1, the ophthalmic exam showed a dramatic decrease in the size of choroidal metastases.

This case report documents the first case of orbital metastases successfully treated with radiation therapy and sacituzumab govitecan. As such, this case highlights the importance of sacituzumab govitecan as a potentially effective option for TNBC patients with CNS disease. Further studies and real‐world data are needed to investigate the efficacy of combined radiotherapy and sacituzumab govitecan toward ocular metastases.

## Linked entities

- **Chemicals:** doxorubicin (PubChem CID 31703), cyclophosphamide (PubChem CID 2907), docetaxel (PubChem CID 148124), sacituzumab govitecan (PubChem CID 91668186)
- **Diseases:** triple negative breast cancer (MONDO:0005494), breast cancer (MONDO:0004989), central nervous system disease (MONDO:0002602)

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** COL11A2 (collagen type XI alpha 2 chain) [NCBI Gene 1302] {aka DFNA13, DFNB53, FBCG2, HKE5, OSMEDA, OSMEDB}, ERBB2 (erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2) [NCBI Gene 2064] {aka CD340, HER-2, HER-2/neu, HER2, MLN 19, MLN-19}, NR4A1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 1) [NCBI Gene 3164] {aka GFRP1, HMR, N10, NAK-1, NGFIB, NP10}
- **Diseases:** disease (MESH:D004194), brain metastases (MESH:D001932), chorioretinal scar (MESH:D002921), dry eyes (MESH:D015352), diarrhea (MESH:D003967), CNS disease (MESH:D002493), cataract (MESH:D002386), obstructive hydrocephalus (MESH:D006849), dyspnea (MESH:D004417), Breast Cancer (MESH:D001943), floaters (MESH:C000726608), TNBC (MESH:D064726), cough (MESH:D003371), metastatic disease (MESH:D000092182), lymphadenopathy (MESH:D008206), toxicities (MESH:D064420), Cancer (MESH:D009369), brain (MESH:D001927), invasive ductal carcinoma (MESH:D044584), Choroidal Metastasis (MESH:D009362), radiation retinopathy (MESH:D011832), radiation keratopathy (MESH:C562399), leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (MESH:D055756), orbital (MESH:D009916), pain (MESH:D010146), pituitary lesion (MESH:D010900), fatigue (MESH:D005221), choroidal masses (MESH:C536030)
- **Chemicals:** Trastuzumab deruxtecan (MESH:C000614160), Sacituzumab Govitecan (MESH:C000608132), adriamycin (MESH:D004317), cisplatin (MESH:D002945), capecitabine (MESH:D000069287), govitecan (-), doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, (MESH:C038334), eribulin (MESH:C490954), etoposide (MESH:D005047), docetaxel (MESH:D000077143), cyclophosphamide (MESH:D003520), methotrexate (MESH:D008727)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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