PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count at least 2,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hemoglobin greater than 8 g/dL (transfusion or epoetin alfa allowed) Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 1.5 times normal Renal: Creatinine clearance greater than 50 mL/min Cardiovascular: No history of uncontrolled serious cardiac disease No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months No congestive heart failure No unstable angina No clinically significant pericardial effusion or arrhythmia Pulmonary: FEV1 greater than 800 mL Post obstructive pneumonia allowed Other: No other active concurrent or prior malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix No other serious medical or psychiatric illness that would preclude study No active serious infection No prior significant allergic reactions to drugs containing Cremophor (e.g., cyclosporine or vitamin K) No weight loss of more than 10% within 3 months prior to diagnosis Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception