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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel and oxaliplatin, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Giving more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of docetaxel and oxaliplatin and to see how well they work in treating patients with stage III or stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer.
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Histologically confirmed ovarian epithelial cancer * Stage III or IV disease * Metastatic peritoneal, lymphatic, or visceral disease * Measurable or evaluable disease * Previously untreated disease OR relapsed disease more than 6 months after the completion of a platinum-containing chemotherapy regimen * No symptomatic brain metastases PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age * 18 to 75 Performance status * WHO 0-2 (0 in patients 70 to 75 years of age) Life expectancy * Not specified Hematopoietic * Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm\^3 * Platelet count at least 100,000/mm\^3 Hepatic * Bilirubin no greater than 1.25 times upper limit of normal (ULN) * AST and ALT no greater than 3 times ULN * Alkaline phosphatase less than 2.5 times ULN Renal * Creatinine no greater than 1.4 mg/dL Other * No serious uncontrolled infection * No intolerance to polysorbate 80 * No peripheral neuropathy greater than grade 1 * No neurological or mental disease that would preclude study participation * No other prior malignancy except curatively treated basal cell skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy * Not specified Chemotherapy * See Disease Characteristics * More than 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy * No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen * No prior oxaliplatin or docetaxel Endocrine therapy * Not specified Radiotherapy * More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy Surgery * Not specified Other * More than 28 days since prior participation in another clinical study * No other concurrent anticancer treatment