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Given that existing methods inadequately capture the topological network relationships among genes, this study proposes a graph neural network model based on multifeature learning, named ChebTs, to investigate the correlation between key genes involved in the colorectal \u201cadenoma-cancer\u201d transition. The GSE41657 and GSE31905 datasets from the GEO database were stratified into normal, adenoma, and colorectal cancer groups. Feature encoding was introduced to enhance node features, followed by Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses of differentially expressed genes (DEGs). A protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed using Cytoscape software, and the aggregated information was embedded into the model for training to generate a list of key genes with corresponding importance scores. An attention pooling mechanism aggregated node-level representations into graph level representations for sample classification, and a two layer fully connected network, following activation and regularization, produced predicted probabilities. Furthermore, we provided interpretable analyses at the gene level using GNNExplainer. The results were validated through virtual knockout techniques. The eight screened genes, Fibronectin 1 (\n                    <jats:italic>FN1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), Claudin 2 (\n                    <jats:italic>CLDN2<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), Interleukin-33 (\n                    <jats:italic>IL-33<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), Matrix Metallopeptidase 1 (\n                    <jats:italic>MMP1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), Stanniocalcin 2 (\n                    <jats:italic>STC2<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 7 (\n                    <jats:italic>IGFBP7<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), NADPH Oxidase 4 (\n                    <jats:italic>NOX4<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), and Secreted Frizzled Related Protein 1 (\n                    <jats:italic>SFRP1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), were all found to be associated with overall survival (OS) in CRC. In this study, eight molecules closely related to the development of colorectal adenocarcinoma were screened out, and they may be diagnostic biomarkers of colorectal cancer. 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