PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 64 Sex: Female Menopausal status: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL SGOT or SGPT no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal No history of severe hepatic dysfunction Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR Creatinine clearance at least 60 mL/min Cardiovascular: No severe cardiac dysfunction Ejection fraction at least 50% by MUGA No major heart disease Controlled hypertension allowed Pulmonary: DLCO at least 50% of normal OR No symptomatic obstructive or restrictive disease Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective barrier contraception No uncontrolled insulin dependent diabetes mellitus No uncompensated major thyroid or adrenal dysfunction No significant skin breakdown from tumor or other disease No other prior malignancy in past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No active infections HIV negative