By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky. Apr. 2--"I'm alive today because of God and my promise to my sister," Pearl Davis reflects. Davis, of Metropolis, Ill., knows about breast cancer. Her personal stake against breast cancer makes her a volunteer in a war of information against the foe.

By Jennifer L. Boen, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Feb. 4--Ann Cirullo was just 38 when in 1995 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Getting it at such a young age was a shock to the Fort Wayne woman, a claims examiner for K&K Insurance Group.

The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday, Dec. 10: Breast cancer scares the heck out of women _ and the men who love them. Research has done much to identify its causes and to treat it, but as long as women are dying as a result of the disease, more work is needed.

DETROIT _ Ever since they were children, Connie Orr has adored her older sister. When the two were young, Sherrill Jackson would walk little Connie to class, bring her along on dates to the drive-in and let her tag along to sleepovers at friends' houses.

By Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, Maine Jun. 30--Recently, Mildred Bennett of Wade joined a special national study, and she urges others to join as well.