This study identified 13 metabolic lncRNAs related to the prognosis of CRC patients through bioinformatics methods, namely LINC01703, LINC01559, AC083880.1, AC027796.4, AL139384.1, LINC00858, LINC01876, AC008760.1, AC006329.1 AL590483.1, AC073283.1, CASC9, AP001469.3, CAPN10-DT, ZKSCAN2-DT, AP006621.4, AC074117.1, LINC01133, AL161729.4 and AC010973.2, thereby building a risk model for predicting prognosis. Here, ZKSCAN2 is linked to colorectal carcinoma.