One in silico study analyzed the expression and prognostic data of long noncoding RNAs, microRNAs, and mRNAs in the colon cancer dataset from the TCGA database and identified five mRNAs, including SMOC1, as potential prognostic biomarkers for colon cancer (Huang and Pan, 2019). This evidence concerns the gene SMOC1 and malignant colon neoplasm.