The distribution of risk score and survival status of each patient, and the heatmap of the 9 hub lncRNAs expression in (A) GSE17536 cohort and (B) GSE38832 cohort. (C, D) Kaplan–Meier survival curves of OS and DSS of patients with CRC in high- and low-risk group in GSE17536 cohort. (E) Kaplan–Meier survival curve of DSS of patients with CRC in high- and low-risk group in GSE38832 cohort. (F) Time-dependent ROC curves for predicting 1- and 5-year OS in GSE17536 cohort. (G) Time-dependent ROC curves for predicting 1- and 5-year DSS in GSE38832 cohort.