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However, extracting prognostic indicators from pathological images is challenging due to the subtle complexities of phenotypic information. We trained a weakly supervised deep learning model on data from 640 CRC patients in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial dataset and validated it using data from 522 CRC patients in the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) dataset. We created the colorectal cancer risk score (CRCRS) to assess patient prognosis, visualized the pathological phenotype of the risk score using Grad\u2010CAM, and employed multiomics data from the TCGA CRC cohort to investigate the potential biological mechanisms underlying the risk score. 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Noteworthy features of the risk score were identified, such as immature tumor mesenchyme, disorganized gland structures, small clusters of cancer cells associated with unfavorable prognosis, and infiltrating inflammatory cells associated with favorable prognosis. The TCGA multiomics data revealed potential correlations between the CRCRS and the activation of energy production and metabolic pathways, the tumor immune microenvironment, and genetic mutations in\n                    <jats:italic>APC<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>SMAD2<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>EEF1AKMT4<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>EPG5<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>TANC1<\/jats:italic>\n                    . 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