Enchondroma (EC) is a common benign bone tumor. It has the risk of malignant transformation to Chondrosarcoma (CS). However, the underlying mechanism is unclear. The gene expression profile of EC and CS was obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using GEO2R. We conducted the enrichment analysis and constructed the gene interaction network using the DEGs. We found that the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and the VEGFA-VEGF2R signaling pathway were more active in CS. The CD8 T cell immunity was enhanced in CS I. We believed that four genes (MFAP2, GOLM1, STMN1, and HN1) were poor predictors of prognosis, while two genes (CAB39L and GAB2) indicated a good prognosis. We have revealed the mechanism in the tumor progression and identified the key genes that predicted the prognosis. This study provided new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of EC and CS.

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