A risk score system consisting of eight immune-related genes (IRGs) (FGFR2, ZC3HAV1L, TNFRSF11B, CD79A, IGHV3-11, IGHV3-21, IGKV2D-30, and IGKV6D-21) was constructed to predict the prognosis of colon cancer patients. The gene discussed is ZC3HAV1L; the disease is malignant colon neoplasm.