find partial match of string between two arrays

codingchemist

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I have two arrays. Array A has a list of multiple terms in a column such as this:
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Urinary Bladder Cancer|Bladder Tumors|Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder|Malignant Melanoma|Melanoma|Skin Cancer|Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung|Lung Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Platinum Sensitive Ovarian Cancer|Ovarian Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gastric Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Array B has a list of single terms such as this:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: center"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Gastric Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ovarian Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bladder Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

I want to map the terms from Array B onto Array A. So, I want Array A to look like, with the terms from Array B included in it.
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: center"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Urinary Bladder Cancer|Bladder Tumors|Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder|Malignant Melanoma|Melanoma|Skin Cancer|Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung|Lung Cancer[/TD]
[TD]Bladder Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Platinum Sensitive Ovarian Cancer|Ovarian Cancer[/TD]
[TD]Ovarian Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gastric Cancer[/TD]
[TD]Gastric Cancer[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Normally I would do an index match, but I need to find a partial match from Array A to Array B. Is there an easy way to do this?
 

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Book1
ACD
1Gastric CancerUrinary Bladder Cancer|Bladder Tumors|Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder|Malignant Melanoma|Melanoma|Skin Cancer|Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung|Lung CancerBladder Cancer
2Ovarian CancerPlatinum Sensitive Ovarian Cancer|Ovarian CancerOvarian Cancer
3Bladder CancerGastric CancerGastric Cancer
Sheet1


In D1 enter and copy down:

=LOOKUP(9.99999999999999E+307,SEARCH(" "&$A$1:$A$3&"|"," "&$C1&"|"),$A$1:$A$3)
 
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