Signature Blue_CRC was generated based on 3 training colorectal cancer cohorts and validated in another 20 independent cancer cohorts (n = 6,067). Cox regression analysis showed that this signature well predicted recurrence survival in almost all of the cohorts when either all stages of cancers (Fig.1) or stage 2&3 cancers (Fig.2) were tested. The prediction power of this signature in stage 2&3 cancers was also confirmed in Kaplan-Meier analysis (Fig.3).