In the new documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Scialfa, 71, publicly revealed she was diagnosed with the rare cancer multiple myeloma in 2018. The longtime member of Springsteen's E Street Band also opened up about facing difficulties performing as a result of her illness.

Springsteen, who has himself had to navigate his own health battles in recent years, told ABC News in an interview over the weekend that they chose to reveal Scialfa’s diagnosis now because “she hadn’t played in the band for a long time and people I don’t think knew why.”

Bruce Springsteen got candid about how wife Patti Scialfa’s multiple myeloma diagnosis has changed his perspective of life

Bruce Springsteen recently revealed the difficulties of parenting in the face of rock star status. The twenty-time Grammy Award winner, who is currently 75, discussed how he and his wife, Patti Scialfa,

Springsteen said their three kids grew up "all at a nice distance from the strangeness of my job." Bruce Springsteen is getting candid about what it was like to raise three kids as a rockstar dad. The 20-time Grammy winner,

Bruce Springsteen and his wife, Patti Scialfa, shielded their three children from his superstardom when they were younger. In a recent interview with The Times, Springsteen, 75, opened up about why he and Scialfa,

"It’s a tough disease," Bruce Springsteen said. "It’s very fatiguing. She hadn’t played in the band in a long time, and people I don’t think knew why. ‘Where’s Patti?’"

Springsteen opens up about Scialfa's six-year journey with multiple myeloma in an upcoming ABC News special Bruce Springsteen is sharing a positive health update on his wife, Patti Scialfa. The trailer for Bruce Springsteen: Backstage and Backstreets,

Bruce Springsteen opened up about watching his wife, Patti Scialfa, live with multiple myeloma. "They found it early on and she's got really good doctors, who have helped a lot. But it does fatigue her,