PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: Zubrod 0-1 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Other: No hip prosthesis No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer No major medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study Fertile patients must use effective contraception