PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 99 Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: WBC at least 3,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 1.0 times upper limit of normal (ULN) AST no greater than 1.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN Cardiovascular: No myocardial infarction or significant change in anginal pattern within past 1 year No congestive heart failure No New York Heart Association class II-IV heart disease No deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolus within past 1 year Other: Fertile patients must use effective contraception No clinically significant peripheral neuropathy No known hypersensitivity to E. coli derived products