Collagen members, including COL6A3, COL5A1, and COL8A1, act as oncogenes in the progression of different types of cancer and are highly correlated with poor prognosis in cervical cancer patients (Liu et al., 2018; Shang et al., 2018; Feng et al., 2019). The gene discussed is COL8A1; the disease is cervical carcinoma.