(WENY) -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and while it's most common in women, men can get it too. For men, about one percent get diagnosed with breast cancer and for women, it's about one in eight.

"That's why with women, we do routine screening yearly, usually a baseline mammogram around the age of 35. Then from the age of 40 and onward, we usually recommend once-a-year screening with mammography," said Arnot Chief Mammographer and Medical Director of Radiology, Edwin Acosta.

Acosta said some of the advanced signs you may have breast cancer include puckering or dimpling in the skin or your skin thickens. The most common way breast cancer is found is by finding a lump.

"[It's] a hardened area that usually feels kind of round or like a marble in an area of the breast," said Acosta.

To help with access to breast cancer screening and imaging, on October 1st, NY Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation to expand insurance coverage of breast cancer screen and imaging. Gov. Hochul said women should have access to the full scope of coverage options, which is key to early diagnosis and treatment.

Acosta also agrees that early detection saves lives. He said that sometimes there are limitations on what insurance covers, which can be inconvenient and stressful.

"For instance, if we get a patient and they have lesions in both breasts, sometimes insurance may limit you that you're only allowed to do one of those breasts on that particular day. You would have to do that, [come] back another day to do the other [in order] to get that covered [by] insurance. It would be nice for that to go away because clinically, I think it's not the best way to treat the patient," said Acosta.

Below, you can find some facts and stats from the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

- In 2024, an estimated 310,720 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.
- When caught in its earliest, localized stages, the five-year relative survival rate is 99%.
- There are currently over four million breast cancer survivors in the United States.