PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 to 60 Performance status: See Disease Characteristics Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Neutrophil count at least 2,000/mm3 Platelet count at least 125,000/mm3 Hepatic: See Disease Characteristics Bilirubin less than 1.25 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGOT/SGPT less than 1.25 times ULN Renal: Creatinine less than ULN Cardiovascular: LVEF at least 50% No myocardial infarction within 5 years No uncontrolled cardiac disease Pulmonary: No severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Other: No neurological symptoms greater than grade 2 No severe psychoses No other concurrent medical problems No active infection HIV negative No allergy to E. coli derived products No prior malignancy within 5 years except basal cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or lung or respiratory cancer in remission Not pregnant or nursing