PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 70 and under Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 1,500/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.4 mg/dL Cardiovascular: No cardiac condition that would increase surgical risk Pulmonary: No pulmonary condition that would increase surgical risk Other: No other condition that would increase surgical risk No other malignancy within the past 5 years except basal cell skin cancer